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John's new car he just purchased would not fit in his garage, the 
Here's how I want to continue it: garage was too narrow.

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We worked on the inside of the house instead of working on the inside of the shed, because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: shed was uninhabitable.

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He had went to his front lawn so he could finally mow it with the lawn mower, but was unable to because the 
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lawn was too overgrown.