Indirect speech: statements peg 309-10
He hadn't been able to get into the house because he had lost his key, so he had had to break a window.
The instructor told him that the mirror was there so that he could see himself when he was dancing.
She told him she had written to him two days before and wondered why he hadn't rang up.
The owner said that if the ground was dry on the day of the race his horse might win
She advised me to slow down as there was a speed limit.
She said that if Tom wanted seats he'd better apply early.
One of the tenants said that they had walked 50 miles the previous night to see Minister and protest about their rent. The Minister had been very polite and he had promised to do what he could for them/
She said that they should put traffic lights there, otherwise there'd be more accidents.
The coach told them that it was time they began training for their next match.
He said to me that if I left home at six I should be there by nine.
The captain said that if it rained that afternoon it would be too wet to play the match the following day
She told her guest that she had meant to plug into the electric blanket and she had plugged in the electric kettle by mistake and that she was always doing silly things like that.
He said that he had been intending to do it the next day but didn't think he'd be to.
The headmaster told Mrs Smith that Bill should do very well at the university because he had done very well at the school.
The young wife told her husband that she didn't think his father liked her. And her husband said that she mustn’t think like that because his Dad was just old and found it hard to get to new people.
Her husband told her that the steak was overdone again and added that he was not complaining but was just pointing it out but she said she wished he'd stop pointing things out.
The night watchman reported that the burglars hadn't been able to open the safe on the spot so they had carried it away with them
She told me that if I saw her father I'd recognize him at once. He was the most extraordinary-looking man.
He said that he had found an old Roman coin in the garden the day before and he was going to take it to the museum that afternoon.
He said that he had got out of his boat, leaving the engine running but while he was standing on the quay the gears had suddenly engaged themselves and the boat had went straight out of the harbor with no one on board.
Then Macbeth says he has done the deed.
I asked if he would like me to go with him. He said he'd rather go alone.
My brother told me I might take his car if I liked and said he wouldn't be needing it the next day or the day after that.
Celia said that the previous day Tom and she had gone/been to look at a house that he was thinking of buying and it was rather a nice house and had a lovely garden but Tom had decided against it because was opposite a cemetery.
He said that his wife wanted to take a job but he'd rather she concentrated on their home.
My mother said that she didn't know what my father would say when he saw what a mess my puppies had made of the £5 note.
My sister said that it was high time I passed my test; she was tired of driving round with an L-plate on the front of the car.
I told her that I wished she had seen it.