Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been meaning [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been meaning to speak to you about my going to London , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Dear Guitarist I have been meaning to write to your fine mag for a long time , but whenever I was about to put pen to paper someone else got there before me with the same topic . |
| 3 | Dear Rosemary , I know you must receive hundreds of letters like mine but I have been meaning to write to you now for ages . |
| 4 | Kate and I have been meaning to get in touch for ages . ’ |
| 5 | After a couple of days of complete rest you can do all the things that you have been meaning to do for ages — jobs around the house ; shopping for clothes ; meeting friends for lunch ; having day trips out to places of interest ; doing the garden ; sunbathing ; fruit-picking at the local pick-your-own farm and filling up your freezer ; writing a book you have always meant to write or painting ; seeing all the shows that you are too tired to see during a working week ; and so on . |
| 6 | If you have been meaning to knit with the garter carriage , why not try something very simple ? |