我挂断电话之后才想起来原本想说的话。

After I hung up I remembered what I'd wanted to say.

《牛津词典》

我本想说“记者”，但研究人员已经在开发能够收集事实并撰写新闻报道的算法。

I was hoping to say "journalist", but researchers are already developing algorithms that can gather facts and write a news story.

youdao

我本想说…私家侦探-但是呢。

I'd say... private detective. - But?

youdao

I was going to say when you first start doing this, even people who have been doing it for a long time still go off on ten-minute daydreams before realizing that their minds were wondering.

我本想说第一次尝试时，但即便是修行多年的人,也会走神十分钟之久,方才意识到自己刚做了白日梦。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

In other words, if I'm a rich, wealthy person in Corinth, I would say, "I'll be the local tax collector, and I'll guarantee you I'll send to Rome this amount of money for a year."

换句话说，如果我是科林斯的富人，我会说，“我想当本地税吏，我保证每年向罗马缴纳多少多少钱“

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

So I don't know how people feel about taking-- maybe I'm turning you off by saying this-- There's going to be a lot of detail in this course.

我不知道你们是怎么想的,也许说这个让你们很倒胃口,本门课中也有很多细节内容

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选