Past Simple vs Past Perfect

Elisa was very upset because her computer ...  yesterday.

By the time Julia ...the shop, she had spent all her money on clothes

I didn’t want to see that film because I ... it twice.

Alfred ... in a bank for five years before he was sent to Rome.

The judge said that she was guilty because she ... the money for herself

Barbara …………… (live) in Greece for three years before she moved to Italy.

My team …………….. the football match because they had played badly.

The journalist ………….the famous actress before the TV came.

By the time my mum …………..… lunch, we had set the table.