PBIBK - Indirect Sentences in an Article

INDIRECT SENTENCES:

1. He asked a lot of his fellow workers at the factory what they did about this, and at last one of the men said that Mrs Roper comes and cleans his flat regularly. She washes the dishes, irons my shirts and keeps the place neat and tidy and so on. He will introduce her to him, if he likes. She is a charming old lady. She does her best but she hasn’t got much energy.

2. Jim answered that his fellow worker would better ask Mrs. Roper to come and see him.

3. He said to himself that silly woman still hasn’t cleaned it.

4. He thought that he don’t put that bottle there.

5. After she had been working for two weeks, he looked at the mirror in his bedroom and he thought that the mirror looks very dusty. Mrs’s Roper forgotten to clean it. he can write on it with his finger. 

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PBIBK - Direct Sentences in an Article

Gerard Pique: Barcelona man prepared to quit Spain duty amid independence debate

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique says he will retire from international football before the World Cup if his support for Catalonia's independence referendum is deemed a problem.

Barcelona beat Las Palmas 3-0 in an empty stadium on Sunday following unrest in the city, and the 30-year-old described it as his "hardest game".

"I think I can continue," said Pique. "But if the board really thinks I'm a problem, I will take a step back and leave the national team before 2018. "There are many people in Spain who disagree with what happened today and believe in democracy."

Catalonia, a region of 7.5 million people in north-eastern Spain, has its own language and culture and Barcelona is its capital. It also has a high degree of autonomy, but is not recognised as a separate nation under the Spanish constitution.

Jeered during Spain games   

           

Pique has played 91 times for Spain but has become a divisive figure because of his stance on the referendum. During their June friendly against Columbia in Murcia, a city in south east Spain, he was jeered frequently by supporters who oppose Catalan independence.

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos has intervened to ask fans to show his international colleague "respect". 

Before Sunday's game against Las Palmas, Pique posted a picture on Twitter of him voting in the referendum. The former Manchester United defender wrote: "I have already voted. Together we are unstoppable defending democracy."

Source: http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41460584

Based on the article, the direct sentences is contained in the statement,

"I think I can continue," said Pique. "But if the board really thinks I'm a problem, I will take a step back and leave the national team before 2018. "There are many people in Spain who disagree with what happened today and believe in democracy."

it's appropriate with the characteristics of direct sentences which have the words spoken between quotation marks.

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