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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each of these buildings once housed a century of eighty men and its centurion .
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First she posed as a Roman centurion and did a bit of torture.
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That nice, young centurion I sent over with the olive oil last week.
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The centurion is also shown to be a compassionate man, for he cares about the health of one of his servants.
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The film was so star-studded that even the great John Wayne, playing a Roman centurion , had only one line.
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The Roman centurion can return and enforce the evacuation but he can't open up responses.
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The soldiers of the legion are vividly portrayed by three lifesize figures - a centurion , a standard-bearer and a legionary.