Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the events that happen before that sentence, or are likely to have happened before it. Does any of them directly cause it, or simply make it possible? You should write your answer in the form " A >causes/enables> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible.
Q: story: Bill was a small town cop and his brother the town bully. Bill was always getting him out of trouble. One night, Bill got a call that a man had been badly hurt at a bar. All the customers said it was Bill's brother that had hurt the man. Bill had no choice but to finally lock his brother up.
selected sentence: Bill was always getting him out of trouble.
A:
Bill is a small town cop >Causes/Enables> Bill gets his brother out of trouble