Sentence examples for had been intense from inspiring English sources

It had been intense and emotionally exhausting.

The start had been intense, too.

FARC said there had been intense fighting and indiscriminate bombing from the air.

For more than a year there had been intense speculation about the post.

She wrote that she appreciated meeting interesting people, but the paperwork had been intense.

Mr. Ford said that while advertiser interest had been intense, "we're all learning".

For months, the campaign here had been intense, expensive and, by Indiana standards, mean.

Mr. Sturner noted that interest from Korean investors in New York commercial property had been intense.

In the days leading up to the vote, there had been intense back-room activity.

Diana Holland, the assistant general secretary of Unite, said the talks had been intense and complex.

The firefight had been intense — they'd shot five thousand rounds, and seen eleven of their comrades wounded.