Example sentences of "having [verb] a [adj] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Military Intelligence Directorate ( DIM ) was reported by the press in the capital , Caracas , as having foiled a military plot by disaffected elements in the army on Oct. 6 , after which 20 officers were reportedly summoned for questioning . |
| 2 | A North Korean cargo ship , Dae Hung Ho , docked at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in the Strait of Hormuz , having evaded a threatened interception by the US navy in the Persian Gulf . |
| 3 | The Sunday Citizen explained his enthusiasm for the Profumo affair because of a long-cherished personal grudge against Profumo and of having unearthed a juicy scandal by snooping that would have done credit to a divorce detective . |
| 4 | A Le Monde report of Feb. 23 said that Amnesty had confirmed the detention without trial of a journalist , Salih al-Azzaz for having filmed a peaceful demonstration by Saudi women on Nov. 6 , 1990 . |
| 5 | In 1972 he telephoned Vlitos , having read a scientific paper by Khan and Hough about the chlorinated sugars . |