[Q]: How does the sentence end?

When Ian wrote a published article, Dennis was very pleased because
OPTIONS:
- Ian had been rejected many times in the past.
- Dennis had been rejected many times in the past.

[A]: Ian had been rejected many times in the past.

QUES: Continue writing.

Steven loved to go horse riding on the weekend while Nick liked to go swimming.

OPTIONS:
- Steven fell and got wet.
- Nick fell and got wet.
+++++++++
ANS: Nick fell and got wet.

Problem: How does the sentence end?

James needed more cups to serve if he was to empty the bottle of water. The
OPTIONS:
- cup is big.
- bottle is big.
Answer: bottle is big.

sentence: she was trying to focus a mist all the noise in the place but the OPTIONS:
- noise was too strong.
- focus was too strong.
complete: noise was too strong.

The man wanted to take the bus to his job but the
OPTIONS:
- job was too far late.
- bus was too far late.
bus was too far late.

Problem: Continue the following story.

The murderer tried to hide the knife in the cabinet but the
OPTIONS:
- cabinet was too large.
- knife was too large.
Here's how I want to continue it:
knife was too large.