She was arrested with a mere 11 hours to go.

Bush made the decision to stop the offensive after a mere 100 hours.

In a mere two hours his problems would be over.

A mere twenty-four hours of life was not much to risk.

"It's out of the question," I had said a mere 10 hours earlier.

We had to leave that afternoon, after a mere 40 hours.

I felt as if weeks had passed since then, not mere hours.

Three girls died, mere hours to seven months after surgery.

Somehow, over the course of a mere two hours, he had become her friend.

This was a mere 48 hours after the 3 May 1888 meeting had finished.