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The shop-assistant asked me if I wanted to buy any vegetables.
He said, "I am going to Berlin tomorrow."
I asked her, "Who gave you this watch?"
He asked me, "Do you know how far it is from the station?"
The assistant said to the customer, "Please, pay at the cash-desk."
He warned me not to make any mistake. He said, "She will be here in half an hour."
Mary's mother asked her, "Where have you put your shoes?"
He said, "Have you any idea when he did it?"
The teacher said to the student, "Clean the blackboard, please."
He said that when he grew up he would be a pilot.
He said to me, "I expect to hear some news from you tomorrow."
I saw a cloud of smoke and asked, "What is burning?"
He asked Ann, "Can you see the marks he made on the carpet?"
Jack said to the policeman, "Could you, please, tell me the way to the Tate I asked Jane what sort of flowers she liked.
He said, "The football match will take place tomorrow."
The teacher asked Bob, "When did you learn to swim?"
The mother asked, "Do you know why he was so cross?"
The doctor said to the sick man, "Stay away from work for a fortnight."
He asked if I would have time to play regularly.
She said, "I am meeting an old school-friend of mine tomorrow night."
Jack's father asked him, "Why didn't you get up earlier?"
He asked Jane, "Can you tell me why you are so sad?"
The teacher said to the students, "Open your books at page 60."
He told us to tell his mother he was going off to the country for a day.
He said, "I have forgotten to take cigarettes."
Ann asked Mary, "What do you usually have for breakfast?"
The child asked his mother, "Can I take another piece of cake?"
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The shop-assistant asked me if I wanted to buy any vegetables.
-> The shop-assistant asked me if I wanted to buy any vegetables.
He said, "I am going to Berlin tomorrow."
-> He said that he was going to Berlin tomorrow.
I asked her, "Who gave you this watch?"
-> I asked her who had given her that watch.
He asked me, "Do you know how far it is from the station?"
-> He asked me if I knew how far it was from the station.
The assistant said to the customer, "Please, pay at the cash-desk."
-> The assistant asked the customer to pay at the cash-desk.
He warned me not to make any mistake. He said, "She will be here in half an hour."
-> He warned me not to make any mistake and said that she would be there in half an hour.
Mary's mother asked her, "Where have you put your shoes?"
-> Mary's mother asked her where she had put her shoes.
He said, "Have you any idea when he did it?"
-> He asked if I had any idea when he had done it.
The teacher said to the student, "Clean the blackboard, please."
-> The teacher asked the student to clean the blackboard.
He said that when he grew up he would be a pilot.
-> He said that when he grew up he would be a pilot.
He said to me, "I expect to hear some news from you tomorrow."
-> He told me that he expected to hear some news from me the next day.
I saw a cloud of smoke and asked, "What is burning?"
-> I saw a cloud of smoke and asked what was burning.
He asked Ann, "Can you see the marks he made on the carpet?"
-> He asked Ann if she could see the marks he had made on the carpet.
Jack said to the policeman, "Could you, please, tell me the way to the Tate?"
-> Jack asked the policeman if he could tell him the way to the Tate.
I asked Jane what sort of flowers she liked.
-> I asked Jane what sort of flowers she liked.
He said, "The football match will take place tomorrow."
-> He said that the football match would take place the following day.
The teacher asked Bob, "When did you learn to swim?"
-> The teacher asked Bob when he had learned to swim.
The mother asked, "Do you know why he was so cross?"
-> The mother asked if anyone knew why he had been so cross.
The doctor said to the sick man, "Stay away from work for a fortnight."
-> The doctor advised the sick man to stay away from work for a fortnight.
He asked if I would have time to play regularly.
-> He asked if I would have time to play regularly.
She said, "I am meeting an old school-friend of mine tomorrow night."
-> She said that she was meeting an old school-friend of hers the following night.
Jack's father asked him, "Why didn't you get up earlier?"
-> Jack's father asked him why he hadn't got up earlier.
He asked Jane, "Can you tell me why you are so sad?"
-> He asked Jane if she could tell him why she was so sad.
The teacher said to the students, "Open your books at page 60."
-> The teacher told the students to open their books at page 60.
He told us to tell his mother he was going off to the country for a day.
-> He told us to tell his mother that he was going off to the country for a day.
He said, "I have forgotten to take cigarettes."
-> He said that he had forgotten to take cigarettes.