"I must finish this before I can pay attention to anything else" she said.
She said she had to finish that before she could pay attention to anything else.
HE: "Can you pass me the gravy, please?" tell / ask / order
He asked me if I could pass him the gravy. / He asked me to pass him the gravy.
The Prime Minister: "We will have created a million new jobs by the end of this year" CHOOSE: order / wonder / announce
The Prime Minister announced that they would have created a million new jobs by the end of this/that year.
HE: "I have a gambling problem" CHOOSE: report / admit / confess
He admitted/confessed he had a gambling problem / He admitted to/confessed to having a gambling problem.
"Shall I bring you something to drink?" he asked her.
He asked her whether/if he should bring her something to drink.
SHE: "I don't want any help from you" CHOOSE: deny / worry / refuse
She refused (to get) any help from me. / She denied that she wanted my help / She denied wanting my help.
SOME SECRET AGENT: "I've been a double agent all this time" CHOOSE: grumble / reasure / reveal
He revealed he had been a double agent all that time.
SHE: "I should have asked them to show me their identification" CHOOSE: regret / worry / claim
She regretted that she hadn't asked them to show her their identification / She regretted not asking/ not having asked them to show her their identification.
SHE: "You should take up the guitar." CHOOSE: advise / emphasise / hope
She advised me to take up the guitar.
HE: "I shouldn't have been so rude to them earlier today" CHOOSE: regret / grumble / reveal
He regretted having been so rude to them earlier that day. / He regretted that he had been so rude to them earlier that day.
SHE: "Can I see your manager?"
She asked if/whether she could see my manager / She asked to see the manager.
HE: "Honestly, I didn't intend to copy your work" CHOOSE: announce / swear / check
He swore he had not intendended to copy my work.
HE: "I didn't want to put too much pressure on them after all they've been through"
He said he hadn't wanted to put too much pressure on them after all they'd been through.
HE: "I'm pretty sure you will have your parcel delivered at home tomorrow morning" CHOOSE: encourage / swear / believe
He believed we would have our parcel delivered at home the following morning.