Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] to say [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been going to say important or fashionable . |
| 2 | Ashley stopped whatever he had been going to say next with a humourless laugh . |
| 3 | And that 's what you 've been wanting to say all evening , Merrill thought : a nice , discreet ‘ keep off ’ instruction . |
| 4 | I 've been wanting to say this for a long time . ’ |
| 5 | I 've been meaning to say this for a long time , ’ said Susan , with an assumption of severity which moved her sister to ribald mirth . |