Example sentences of "come [adv] [adj] [noun] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | His release came only eight days after another American hostage , Robert Polehill was set free . |
| 2 | The first Commons debate on world climate change came only two days after the prime minister 's theme-setting UN speech on the environment in November 1989 , yet at no stage in its five-hour course was it attended by more than fourteen MPs . |
| 3 | The PAC 's condemnation came only two weeks after a meeting between delegations led respectively by Makwetu and Mandela , the first formal contact between the two movements for 30 years . |
| 4 | The by-election came only two weeks after the ending of universal free hospital care . |
| 5 | The attack came only five days after another great white killed 34-year-old British-born mother of five Terri Cartwright , who had been on a diving excursion off the island of Tasmania . |
| 6 | The arrest of Burke followed recent charges against his former Deputy Premier , David Parker , and came only three weeks after the imprisonment of another of his associates , bankrupt Western Australian tycoon Alan Bond [ see p. 38917 ] . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Bracewell 's bitter blast came just 72 hours after collecting the fourth loser 's FA Cup medal of his career . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The move came just 24 hours after the BBC announced it was axing Russ Abbot after audience ratings fell . |
| 15 | The explosion came just 24 hours after six people were killed when rebels ambushed a bush taxi in the same area on Saturday . |
| 16 | The writing was clearly on the wall for Hitler ; indeed , Lequerica 's appointment came barely two weeks after an assassination attempt on the Führer . |
| 17 | Caesar had no business to be coming downstairs three minutes after the commencement of Act Four . |
| 18 | Coming just two races after Derek Warwick 's phenomenal escape at Monza , Donnelly 's accident inevitably brought comparison . |
| 19 | About 500 of the company 's 904 workforce will be on site for the occasion which was coming nearly five years after a visit by the Duke of Gloucester . |
| 20 | Last night 's ban comes only 10 days after a similar incident in which Shrewsbury manager John Bond was forced to stay away from an FA Cup tie at his former club , Burnley . |
| 21 | The formation of Free Colombia comes only 15 days after that of another anti-Escobar group , Pepes ( People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar ) , which has vowed to kill the drug baron and his family . |
| 22 | The decision by Deloitte to pull out comes just one week after the collapse of talks between Price Waterhouse and Arthur Andersen . |
| 23 | First production from Draugen — BPNorway 's most valuable asset — comes just one month after the announcement of Norway 's 14th licensing round , in which BPExploration was awarded operatorship of two licences and a stake in a third . |
| 24 | The latest attack comes just two days after a 1,000lb IRA bomb packed into a skip lorry , caused more than £6m worth of damage in Belfast city centre . |
| 25 | The decision comes just two weeks after House of Fraser stores across Britain — excluding Harrods — gave in to Sunday trading . |
| 26 | The cash raising exercise comes just five months after the £15m launch of the trust by Aberdeen Fund Managers via a placing at 100p per share . |
| 27 | The shock news comes just ten days after Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , castigated local sub-contractors for missing opportunities . |
| 28 | The deal comes just three months after Airtours , the UK 's number two holiday company , lost out in a takeover battle for rival Owners Abroad . |
| 29 | The deal comes just three months after Airtours , the UK 's number two holiday company , lost out in a takeover battle for rival Owners Abroad . |
| 30 | The second volume of drawings in the J. Paul Getty Museum comes out four years after the first and is equally welcome . |