"I had just turned out the light," he explained.He explained that he had just turned out the light.
"I always drink coffee", she said
She said that she always drank coffee.
"I am reading a book", he explained.
He explained that he was reading a book
"Bill arrived on Saturday", he said.
He said that Bill had arrived on Saturday.
"I have been to Spain", he told me.
He told me that he had been to Spain.