half-thinking

In looking for a way to structure it, he is half-thinking about using the songs he has written as chapters.

Elvis Costello: 'I've never liked the word maturity. It implies decay' Tim Adams 2010

You can see that Sharon is half-thinking that, but also half-thinking that maybe there's something in what they say.

TV review: How to be a Good Mother with Sharon Horgan | Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport 2012

Not that I was even half-thinking of buying a bottle, but if I were, heart and base notes would have dissuaded me.

Archive 2009-04-01 Marina Geigert 2009

But we were watching footage of the protests on the telly in the office and I mentioned that I was half-thinking of popping up there, and our office manager launched into a convoluted tale of how, when he was a Boy Journalist, he covered a Rangers-Celtic match and he was the only journalist to witness trouble kicking off and wrote a story that got him in trouble with the Glasgow Police.

April 1st, 2009 2009

Not that I was even half-thinking of buying a bottle, but if I were, heart and base notes would have dissuaded me.

Sniffing at Sephora: Gucci Flora, Tocca Brigitte, Guerlain Figue-Iris, Philosophy Unconditional Love Marina Geigert 2009

A half-bred, half-acting, half-thinking, half-daring caitiff, whose poorest thoughts — and those which deserve that name must be poor indeed — are not the produce of his own understanding.

Count Robert of Paris 2008

He's pointed out a few of my weaknesses in the past and I've been half-thinking about shoring them up when playing.

January 23rd, 2008 2008

So touched were they, half-thinking that her lips,

Idylls of the King 2004

Fish, I'm still going to tweak the new layout a bit - I'm half-thinking of colorshifting everything off into greens or teals but ... ehh.

jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2003

Ten minutes later, Officer Delinko was still half-thinking about the missing boy when he spotted a slender, rain-soaked figure standing at the corner of West Oriole and the highway.

Hoot Hiaasen, Carl 2002