YOU SAID:

I was wanting to have dessert before dinner, but i couldn't.

INTO JAPANESE

私は彼を訪ねるつもりだったのだが、できなかった。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I intended to have called on him, but I couldn't.

INTO JAPANESE

私は彼を訪ねるつもりだったのだが、できなかった。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I intended to have called on him, but I couldn't.