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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An important Hollywood Park race is run at the wrong distance after the starting gate is positioned incorrectly.
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And John Henry was drawn on the outside in the starting gate at number 12.
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His campaign never even left the starting gate .
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If your horse didn't make it to the starting gate , sorry, there's no refund.
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The first man out of the starting gate today will swing and glide over a carpet of man-made snow 80 centimetres deep.