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The phrase "before the gates" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
It is often used to describe a physical location or to identify a point in time when something happened. For example: "The troops arrived before the gates of the castle, ready to lay siege."
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Before the gates popped here in front of a revved-up crowd of 42,379, all eyes and expectations were on Street Cry.
Throngs gathered long before the gates opened.
Shortly before the gates were to open, gunfire erupted.
It will be nerve-racking for horse and rider before the gates ever open.
I liked to wander our Carroll Gardens neighborhood before the gates came up in the morning.
The accident took place just an hour before the gates opened.
We scampered a quick circuit before the gates closed for the evening.
It would not be long before the gates closed for the night.
PARIS — The children line up outside Court No. 1 before the gates open to the public.
Excitement for Sunday's game began percolating long before the gates to the stadium opened.
There was one last battle before the gates went up at the Decherd crossing.
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