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Wanda drank brandy when she got home and coffee while at work, because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: brandy made her drunk.

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Patrick took on an assertive attitude instead of a passive one because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: assertive people always won.

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The researchers weren't interested in the gold they found in the temple, but were taken by the silver. The 
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silver objects were more unique.