Example sentences of "came just [num] " in BNC.

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1 The incident came just five days after a pitch invasion by Manchester City fans during their side 's 4–2 FA Cup defeat at home to Tottenham , which was screened live on television .
2 The vote came just five days after the United Nations-appointed ‘ Truth Commission ’ report blamed the army for the vast majority of war crimes in a conflict that killed 75,000 people , most of them civilians .
3 Word of total closure came just one week after the society had revealed that it had taken a controversial first step toward meeting its operating costs with a loan of $1.5 million from Sotheby 's secured by $3.5 million worth of works from its vast collections .
4 The announcement of his departure came just one day after Barclays revealed that it is to look outside the bank for a new chief executive to take over some of the powers presently held by chairman and chief executive , Andrew Buxton .
5 Out of the entire proceedings came just one plaintive comment : ‘ Why is it always raining when we are ready to go home ? ’ .
6 Bracewell 's bitter blast came just 72 hours after collecting the fourth loser 's FA Cup medal of his career .
7 The departure of the finance minister , Giovanni Goria , and the health minister , Francesco De Lorenzo , came just nine days after the scandal-tainted justice minister , Claudio Martelli , quit .
8 Mr Walsh 's murder came just 11 hours after the UFF shot dead four Catholics and injured a fifth man as they arrived to carry out building work on houses in Castlerock .
9 The scathing attack came just two years after Sir Claus had caused a storm by warning our crumbling schools were in danger of turning out the dunces of Europe .
10 Oxford old boy John Aldridge was looking for his 40th goal of the season … it came just two minutes after Durnin 's … and gave Aldridge the eclub record he was looking for .
11 The decision came just eight hours before the deadline imposed by the British Olympic Association ( BOA ) for cities to be considered as the British nomination .
12 The cause for celebration was the Clinton administration 's decision to recognise Angola 's government , which came just 48 hours before the talks had broken down .
13 Yesterday 's warning came just 48 hours after a Catholic was shot dead by UFF gunmen in Belfast .
14 Last night 's developments came just 24 hours after TODAY revealed how Diana had agreed a secret pact with Charles to bury the hatchet for the sake of appearances .
15 The move came just 24 hours after the BBC announced it was axing Russ Abbot after audience ratings fell .
16 The explosion came just 24 hours after six people were killed when rebels ambushed a bush taxi in the same area on Saturday .
17 It came just three weeks before the students were due to sit their examinations .
18 Christmas came just three months after Shanti joined the family .
19 News of the threats came just three days before an historic vote on women 's ordination and as a poll was published showing most church-goers are in favour .
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