1. John said it was pouring outside.
2. They said that they were studying for a very hard exam right then.
3. The cleaner said that he swept and polished that floor everyday.
4. Stasia told me that she had been really busy the day before, as her boss had made her do three hours overtime.
5. They family told the policeman that they had been driving down the motorway when the accident happened.
6 Ann said she wrote/had written thirty e-mails the previous night.
7. They said the weather wasn't/hadn´t been very nice during their holidays.
8. My friends explained that they haddn´t heard the warning until it was
too late.
9. The child told the teacher that he hadn't been copying the exam.
10. Paula said that she had just won the essay competition.