They'd carried us and a load of trekking gear for five hours already that day, on a grueling ascent from the Fenouillèdes Valley, shimmering in the hot sun far below.
They are the kings of time, too, wisely marinating their salmon for twenty-four hours, already savoring the triumph to come, while we splash on the fish sauce, the lime juice, and the tarlike lees from the bottom of the soy bottle, poke the flesh with a stub of lemongrass for ten minutes, and then, as much from sheer boredom as famine, head for the stove.
"We've been here for two or three hours already," Mr. Scheffer said, sitting on a bench and surrounded by three suitcases.
We've been in this city for three hours, and already I have a very good feeling about it.
Spread the word!" All very cool, except I had already known for two hours, and not because I was staking out Biden's house along with CNN.
Two hundred dollars for a half day — have already been waiting for two hours.
The ceremony had already gone on for two hours and would last another two.
Oprah Winfrey, the doyenne of American television, had already sat down for two hours with him.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.12am BST09:12 A year today the election campaign will be over, the polling stations will have already been open for two hours and I will probably be taking the morning off, gearing up for some frantic blogging as the results come in.
