Indeed, he began by saying, "I mean to speak of big things."

That isn't the thing I meant to speak of, however.

He started forward, meaning to speak to him, then stopped dead.

He meant to speak a greeting, but the girl was gone.

I meant to speak to him about it this evening.

"As a matter of fact, I was meaning to speak to you about it."

A hundred affairs of state on which he meant to speak to you would crowd into his mind.

I was meaning to speak to you about her, Lizzie.

He viewed his master as one who had been meaning to speak of this matter for some time.

I don't mean to speak of the mask, you understand.