For the past three hours they had wanted nothing more than to talk to him.

He's been reading the will for the past few hours.

He had lost five good men in the past few hours.

A voice asked if she'd heard from her son in the past 24 hours.

And I've been talking with him for the past eight hours.

I've had something different on my mind for the past few hours.

I figure four, maybe five miles in the past two hours.

He felt moved by what had happened to him in the past two hours.

I've spent the past few hours just trying to figure my way out.

"Nothing has happened in the past few hours to change my mind."