Past Perfect vs Past Perfect Continuous II

The game (a)   (not/Start) by the time we arrived.

Were you afraid after the plane (a)   (take) off?

They (a)   (prepare) the party for hours.

He had to leave because he (a)   (arrange) to pick Molly up.

Ben was fired. He (a)   (spy) for a rival company.

Her throat was sore because she (a)   (shout) for a long time.

They were hungry because they (a)   (not/eat) anything.

Her eyes were red. She (a)   (cry).

I (a)   (write) the email before you arrived.

John was tired. He (a)   (not/sleep) for 24 hours.