Example sentences of "were [verb] in [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 The following exhibitions were listed in last month 's column and deserve recognition before they close : the large exhibition of sculpture , paintings and miniatures by Francesco Clemente at Anthony d'Offay ( to 30 April ) , Catherine Lee 's beautifully patinated wall reliefs at Annely Juda
2 The following exhibitions were reported in last month 's issue and deserve note before they close : Hamish Fulton 's elegant installation of wall texts and photographs of his walks , the most handsome exhibition to have been held at Annely Juda ( to 6 March ) , two large sculptures by Mario Merz and new paintings and charcoal drawings , the best of his career , by Leon Kossoff at Anthony d'Offay ( to 6 March ) , Michael Young 's new sand paintings at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 15 March ) , ‘ Out of Sight Out of Mind ’ , Nicholas Logsdail 's survey of international painting and sculpture 1965–1975 at Lisson ( to 20 March ) , Michael Landy 's ‘ Warning Signs ’ at Karsten Schubert ( to 6 March ) , new paintings by Arturo di Stefano , coinciding with his retrospective survey at Liverpool 's Walker Art Gallery , at Purdy Hicks ( to 6 March ) , new works by Riccardo Cinalli , featuring in a touring exhibition organised by the Accademia Italiana , at Long and Ryle ( to 19 March ) , and print exhibitions of Jim Dine at Waddington Graphics ( to 14 March ) and Robert Ryman at Victoria Miro ( to 29 March ) .
3 His ‘ Dirty toys ’ , as he describes his arrangements of battered dolls and stuffed animals which he rescues from thrift shops , were included in last autumn 's ‘ Objects for the Ideal Home ’ at the Serpentine Gallery and in the Hayward Gallery 's recent ‘ Doubletake ’ , but neither occasion gave a complete or convincing account of the range of his interests .
4 Tower and rare stair turret were added in 10th century .
5 Many were living in sixteenth and seventeenth century cottages with hardly any mod cons .
6 Commenting that the social theories of Marx , Engels and Lenin were rooted in 19th and early 20th century realities , Gorbachev complained that " we tried for decades to find answers to all contingencies of life in quotations from classics , forgetting that they [ Marx , Engels and Lenin ] had themselves insisted on taking into account the historical circumstances behind any theory and mocked those who had sought to convert Marxism into a kind of scripture " .
7 The changes in Eastern Europe were recognised in last year 's survey to be of long term importance only .
8 Farnham R.C. were represented in last weekend 's Surrey League road race .
9 The following exhibitions were reviewed in last month 's column and can be recommended : Anselm Kiefer 's ‘ The Women of the Revolution ’ at Anthony d'Offay ( to 8 August ) ; James Turrell 's studies for ‘ The Irish Sky Garden ’ at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 31 July ) ; Mayor 's installation by Rebecca Horn ( to 31 August ) ; Simon Edmondson 's new paintings at Benjamin Rhodes ( to 7 August ) ; Marlborough 's second exhibition of Stephen Conroy ( to 25 July ) ; and Nayland Blake 's ‘ Bleep ’ at Milch ( to 11 July ) .
10 The following exhibitions were discussed in last month 's issue and are recommended to readers : Sean Scully 's convincing demonstration of abstract art at Waddington ( to 23 December ) , the new graphic works of Roy Lichtenstein at Mayor ( to 23 December ) , theatre paintings by Sickert at Browse and Darby ( to 23 December ) , Bernard Jacobson 's handsome selection of paintings by Stanley Spencer ( to 5 December ) , with Spencer 's drawings at Dover Street Gallery ( to 18 December ) , and a fine installation of Grenville Davey 's sculpture at Chisenhale ( to 13 December ) .
11 The following exhibitions were discussed in last month 's column in Il Giornale dell'Arte : Victor Pasmore 's new paintings and prints at Marlborough ( to 23 October ) , works on paper by Robert Kushner at Mayor ( to 31 October ) , twelve biomorphic paintings by Ed Albers , with ten drawings from the estate of Arshile Gorky , at Salama-Caro ( to 7 November ) , new photographs by Andreas Gursky at Victoria Miro ( to 16 October ) and Andy Goldsworthy 's floor of clay at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 31 October ) .
12 The following exhibitions were discussed in last month 's issue and should be noted : sculpture and drawings by Eduardo Chillida at Annely Juda ( to 14 November ) , works on paper by Bridget Riley at Karsten Schubert ( to 14 November ) , seven sculptures and a strong selection of graphic works by Elizabeth Frink at Lumley Cazalet ( to 13 November ) , ‘ Three Score and Ten ’ , the seventieth birthday exhibition of Albert Irvin at Gimpel ( to 21 November ) , the second part of Adrian Wiczniewski 's new paintings , drawings and neon sculpture at William Jackson ( to 21 November ) , Andy Goldsworthy 's clay floor at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 27 November ) , the large sculptures of Jeff Lowe at Maak ( to 20 November ) , Fantastic Works on Paper at RAAB 's Millbank branch and the paintings of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Robert Combas at Crane ( to 3 December ) .
13 The facial features , as seen from the series of illustrations of the painting in progress , were put in last .
14 ‘ They were on the arm of the chair you were sitting in last night .
15 Hundreds of trees were lost in last year 's storms and ‘ the garden in the wood ’ suffered much damage .
16 The principles of the NBS , brainchild of A1 Garden Aquaria 's Peter Oakes , were outlined in last month 's column , but little did I imagine that the device itself would be in my hands so soon afterwards , let alone up and running in time for this update .
17 The following exhibitions were mentioned in last month 's column and should be noted : interpretations of ‘ The Lake of Innisfree ’ by
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