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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A couple of centaurs burst out of the bushes ahead of them and cantered away down the path.
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It portrayed the centaur Cheiron with his family.
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Rufus was a bit of a centaur himself, a big roan stallion, and she was a little cat-eyed - waif.
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The centaur babies had fallen asleep.
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The guests fell upon the centaurs and drove them out of the country, so they are now a rare sight indeed.
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The satyrs are goat-men and the centaurs are half man, half horse.
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Witness their behaviour at the Lapithae wedding feast when the centaur Eurythion tried to rape the bride.
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Young ladies of delicate breeding seldom relish being mounted by centaurs.