Past simple, past continuous and past perfect

I was pleased to see my friends from uni at the conference last week as we didn’t see each other since graduation.

By the time we reached the stadium, the match ended and the spectators were leaving.

When I came out of the cinema, I had found that a thief had taken my phone from my bag.

When my cousin came into the room, I didn’t recognise him because I didn’t see him since he was a child.

At first the authorities thought the athlete had been using drugs, but they soon realised the lab mixed up the test results.

At the end of the meal, he found he couldn’t pay his share of the bill because he didn’t bring his wallet.

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.

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.