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Past simple, past continuous and past perfect

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    There are mistakes in all of these sentences. Correct the sentences.
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  • I was pleased to see my friends from uni at the conference last week as we didn’t see each other since graduation.
    … as we hadn’t seen each other ……
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  • By the time we reached the stadium, the match ended and the spectators were leaving.
    the match had ended
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  • At the end of the meal, he found he couldn’t pay his share of the bill because he didn’t bring his wallet.
    he hadn’t brought
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  • We were pleased that GARY was having his laptop with him, but we were less pleased when we discovered that he hadn’t charged the battery.
    Gary had his laptop
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  • When I came out of the cinema, I had found that a thief had taken my phone from my bag.
    I found
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  • At first the authorities thought the athlete had been using drugs, but they soon realised the lab mixed up the test results.
    the lab had mixed up
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  • When my cousin came into the room, I didn’t recognise him because I didn’t see him since he was a child.
    because I hadn’t seen him
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  • We couldn’t find anywhere central to stay when we arrived in Rome, so we had decided to book a hotel room the next time.
    so we decided
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