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I with my family were in the city centre

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Out with some colleagues in the city centre.
Usually we live in the city centre.
Out with some colleagues in the city centre.
If it was a fight in the city centre, we might have CCTV.
The Germans are preparing another offensive in the city centre.
London remains gridlocked in the city centre.
Insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war...
Apparently at least one police station in the city centre has joined the protestors.