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John said, "I really like pizza".
John said that he really liked pizza.
I asked Boris if his friend lived in London.
I said to Boris,"Does your friend live in London?"
She said I should go there immediately.
"You should go there immediately," she said.
They asked the man, "Are you living in a hotel?"
They asked the man whether he was living in a hotel.
I said to him, "How long are you going to stay there?"
I asked him how long he was going to stay there.
He promised they would be there.
"We will be there," he promised.
Thomas said, "I´ve never eaten sushi before".
Thomas said that he´d never eaten sushi before.
He said to his friend, "Will you stay at the Hilton?"
He asked his friend if he would stay at the Hilton.
He said to her, "Where do you usually spend your summer holidays?"
He asked her where she usually spent her summer holidays.
“Take this book and read it”, said the librarian to the boy.
The librarian told the boy to take that book and read it.
"I can see you at 2.30," he added.
He added that he could see me at 2.30.
I said to him, "How long will it take you to get there?"
I asked him how long it would take him to get there.
The doctor said to Pete, “Don’t go for a walk today.“
The doctor told Pete not to go for a walk that day.
"I would buy it if I had the money," he said.
He said he would buy it if he had the money.
They complained, "We have been waiting for hours".
They complained that they had been waiting for hours.
Mike asked Jane, "Will you come to the railway station to see me off?"
Mike asked Jane if she would come to the railway station to see him off.
“Buy some meat in the shop“, my mother said to me.
My mother asked me to buy some meat in the shop.
"I may be back later," she said.
She said she might be back later.