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I was thinking about..., but...
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I was going to..., but...
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Our son ___ planning on giving up coffee, but he couldn’t get up without it.
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We ___ going to buy bicycles for the whole family, but they were too expensive.
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I was thinking about..., but...
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Our daughter ___ thinking about getting up early to exercise, but she hasn’t yet.
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was
We ___ planning on getting regular medical checkups, but we’ve been very busy lately.
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I was planning on..., but...
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We ___ thinking about moving out of the city, but the country might be too quiet for us.
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We ______ going to join a yoga class together, but it was canceled.
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We ___ hoping to spend the summer in the mountains, but our daughter got sick.
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