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have been intending
  • present perfect progressive of intend.

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The 2016 Pac-12 uneven bars co-champion could have been intending to complete a double-back on floor — a backflip with two rotations in the air — but would instead land after one flip.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2021

He told the Associated Press that Zuma's relationship with Khoza was not necessarily adulterous, as he may have been intending to marry her.

From Time • Feb. 4, 2010

I will write a book I have been intending to do, and it will avoid personalities and controversies.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the other hand, Agee may simply have been intending all along to hold RCA stock in hopes of profiting from a future rise in price.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, can’t you decide to close out earlier than you have been intending to—say in two or three weeks, if not sooner?

From Mildred's New Daughter by Finley, Martha