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All my jeans could not fit in my new bag bag because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: bag was too small.

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Mary took out a tattered blind and placed a curtain on her window because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: blind is unsightly.

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I was writing with the marker and not the pen this time since the 
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pen 's ink was lighter.