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John said, "I really like that idea."
John said that he really liked that idea.
Mr. Clermont said, "We were at the meeting until 11:00."
Mr. Clermont said that they had been at the meeting until about 11:00. OR Mr. Clermont said that they were at the meeting until 11:00.
Ms. Thomas said, "I've never been in Brussels before."
Ms. Thomas said that she'd never been in Brussels before. (had never been)
Mr. Jacob said, "I am not waiting any longer for your reply."
Mr. Jacob said that he was not waiting any longer for our reply.
Mr. Lenildo said, "I'll be back in the office tomorrow."
He said that he would be back in the office tomorrow.
Rafael said, "I want to go to the summit next month."
Rafael said that he wanted to go to the summit next month.
"When did you get here?", she asked.
She asked when I had gotten here. OR She asked when I got here.
Mr. Sam said, "We've been at Maikai since midnight."
Mr. Sam said that they had been at Maikai since midnight.
The state secretary said, "We are listening to what you have to say."
The state secretary said that they were listening to what we had to say.
Mr. Neto promised, "I am going, I will be there!"
Mr. Neto promised that he was going, that he would be there.
Mr. Jones said, "We need to make a decision now."
Mr. Jones said that we needed to make a decision now.
"I don't know because unfortunately, I wasn't at the last meeting," Ms. Bernardo explained.
Ms. Bernardo explained that she didn't know because unfortunately she wasn't at the last meeting. OR Ms. Bernardo explained that she didn't know because she hadn't been at the last meeting.
Ms. Neto said, "My boss has just returned from his trip to Rio."
Ms. Neto said that her boss had just returned from his trip to Rio.
She said, "The meeting is going to be on next Wednesday."
She said that the meeting was going to be on next Wednesday.
Ms. Roberta asked, "Will you be attending the meeting?"
Ms. Roberta asked if I would be attending the meeting.
Ms. Smith said, "I am already in the conference room."
Ms. Smith said that she was already in the conference room.
Mr. Ines said, "There wasn't anything to drink at the meeting."
Mr. Ines said that there wasn't anything to drink at the meeting. OR Mr. Ines said that there hadn't been anything to drink at the meeting.
Mr. Jaxon from the delegation said, "We haven't studied this problem yet."
Mr. Jaxon from the delegation said that they hadn't studied that problem yet.
He asked, "What are we going to do about it?"
He asked what we were going to do about it.
Ms. Esprey said, "I can change my schedule and come on Friday."
Ms. Esprey said that she could change her schedule and come on Friday.
The president said, "We must do all we can to resolve the social problems of our country." (you are not from this country)
The president said that they had to do all they could to resolve the social problems of their country.
Ms. Roberta said, "We didn't see you at the conference."
Ms. Roberta said that they hadn't seen us at the conference. OR Ms. Roberta said that they didn't see us at the conference.
Ms. George said, "We have already discussed this."
Ms. George said that they had already discussed that.
Ms. Typer said, "The meeting is taking place tomorrow."
Ms. Typer said that the meeting was taking place tomorrow.
The minister asked, "Will we be talking about this in June?"
The minister asked if we would be talking about that in June.