Sentence examples for for a mere hour from inspiring English sources

'Even then we still did not realise what kind of a day we were going to have,' said Saunders, for a mere hour later, distant thunder and billowing dust betrayed the triggering of yet another avalanche.

By the time Djokovic belted a weary backhand long to hand Murray a second break for 4-1 after a mere hour and a quarter, Djokovic seemed to have lost his way.

These are sold with service contracts, and have a reputation for relocating many vehicles a mere hour after they have been stolen.

The first, longer part goes up to 1980 and concludes with the hostile reception to "Stardust Memories," leaving a mere hour and a half for the past thirty years of films, many of which go unmentioned.

The initial delay was a mere hour or two.

A mere hour later, the storm was over.

The total time I invested for a mere three-hour meeting: 31 hours.

— hang on your agreeing to meet with his group for a mere half hour sometime before or after the engagement.

The Silver Spoon simmers its osso buco for a mere half hour, while Hartnett recommends two to threee.

Mr Hu spoke for a mere one hour and forty minutes at his last Congress in charge.

The grenache was left on the skins after pressing for a mere two hours, instead of the eight to 12 hours in what Grahm calls "the dark old days". Back then, he says, "we would sometimes add a small percentage of red wine to correct the color, believing erroneously that our customers expected a wine that was a beautiful deep-pink color.