sentence: Absent from the orchestra were the violins, although the bassoons were prominent.  The 
complete: violins were just extraneous to the music.

sentence: When Derrick saw a coyote on his property, Christopher begged him not to kill it because 
complete: Christopher is an animal activist.

sentence: Logan loved going to a rock concert but Leslie didn't, 
complete:
Logan bought tickets to see Anthrax.