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The clay jar withstood the long fall onto the floor without breaking because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: jar was hard.

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I tried to put the chair on the back of the bicycle, but I couldn't because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: bicycle was too weak.

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The dog belonging to Derrick behaved worse than the one owned by Neil because 
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Neil took theirs to a trainer.