Example sentences of "intention of [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had no intention of obeying him , but she was n't going to argue . |
| 2 | This explanation is then offered to others with the intention of getting them to agree that circumstances conspired to prevent you from performing with the excellence and flair that you would , in the normal course of events , have displayed . |
| 3 | ‘ It wo n't kill your Dad at all , ’ he said , as he fished in his pocket , ‘ because I have no intention of getting you into trouble . ’ |
| 4 | Finishing her coffee , she collected some leaflets from the hall table , and , with the intention of taking them up to her room to read , returned to the lounge to say goodnight — a plan instantly foiled by Feargal 's mother , who seemed to have shed her vagueness , along with her daughter , who had disappeared , and patted the seat beside her in silent invitation . |
| 5 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 6 | The kitchen window was still open and I climbed in after crushing another handful of lavender with the intention of taking it to bed with me for an invigorating sleep , if such a thing is possible . |
| 7 | Her parting from him took place in a field of buttercups and small cows ; they had gone there together on their bicycles one hot afternoon , she with the intention of reading her book , and he with the intention of persuading her to remove as many of her clothes as possible . |
| 8 | I have no intention of moving I love it . |
| 9 | My life is here , and I have no intention of sharing it with you , not if you offered me an Empire , let alone a castle in Scotland and the fortune of a man whom I despised and who I warned you would treat you badly . |
| 10 | She relaxed , then became aware of disappointment from the knowledge that he had not had the slightest intention of kissing her after all . |
| 11 | Many schools were established by communities on a self-help basis , with the intention of handing them over to the government . |
| 12 | Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby a woman carries a child with the intention of handing it over to another woman after its birth . |
| 13 | He began to note down suitable thoughts and epigrams on pieces of office copy-paper , not really with the intention of learning them off by heart , but with the idea that he might put them in his jacket pocket and touch them from time to time during the programme to give himself reassurance , knowing that if the worst really came to the worst he could take them out and refresh his memory . |
| 14 | ‘ We were raided on Monday by customs with the specific intention of confiscating it and sticking it in a zoo somewhere , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Having created the luxury 4 × 4 niche , it has no intention of relinquishing it to recent pretenders in the form of the revised Shogun , G-Wagen and Land Cruiser . |
| 16 | ‘ I have no intention of meeting her , ’ Jenna began , but he too stood and looked towards the long windows as a car came speedily to the house . |
| 17 | A recent study of long-term fraud in the United Kingdom ( Levi 1981 ) also documents how companies are set up with the deliberate intention of using them to obtain goods on credit for which payment is never intended to be made . |
| 18 | I do not think that they have any intention of using them — nor have the Russians — but the risk that , as the system disintegrates , people may simply sell off the smaller nuclear weapons is a real one . |
| 19 | They need not prove that the accused had it with him with the intention of using it to cause injury to the person . |
| 20 | Whole-tone harmony is part of many harmonic systems , is valuable in many circumstances , and is therefore worth a brief study by all composers , even if they have no intention of using it as a complete system themselves . |
| 21 | The challenges facing it were daunting : a considerable proportion of the UN was opposed to its existence ; the predominant political forces in south Korea regarded it simply as providing a veneer of international respectability for the creation of a south Korean state ; north Korea had no intention of helping it in any way and the United States believed the commission should complete its task swiftly and without asking awkward questions . |
| 22 | You see , I 've no intention of helping you ruin a man I admire . ’ |
| 23 | Now the National Gallery , London , is borrowing the picture , minus the rest of the exhibition , but with the intention of comparing it with other works by Leonardo in their collection . |
| 24 | Nor have I the slightest intention of subjecting you to a close examination of my emotions . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm sorry I kissed you earlier , but I swear on the Bible I 've no intention of ravishing you on the kitchen floor before supper — or any other time . ’ |
| 26 | Schmit , 19 , of Liestal , told the police that he pushed the buttons in the cockpit because he was trying to start the aircraft but had no intention of flying it . |
| 27 | The picture passed to her son , John Whitney Payson , who lent it to a university museum in Maine with the intention of bequeathing it to the university in return for eventual tax relief on his estate . |
| 28 | He advised me not to do so , as , he said , the Captain was a difficult man , and he had no intention of telling him himself . |
| 29 | He looked at his slim gold wrist-watch and Claudia shook her head at Myra 's obvious intention of telling him that Dana did exist . |
| 30 | She had no intention of telling him that she would n't feel safe with him if she wore anything vaguely provocative . |