A 引导动词如果是一般过去时，直接引语中的现在完成时在间接引语中要变成过去完成时：
He said，‘I’ve been in England for ten years．’
他说：“我已经在英国住了十年了。”相当于：
He said that he had been in England for ten years．
他说他在英国已经住了十年。
He said，‘When you’ve worked for a year you’ll get a rise．’
他说：“你工作一年之后，会加工资。”相当于：
He said that when I’d worked for a year I’d get a rise．
他说我工作一年之后会加工资。
She said，‘I’ll lend you the book as soon as I have read it myself．’
她说：“我一看完这本书就借给你。”相当于：
She said she’d lend me the book as soon as she’d read it herself．
她说她一看完那本书就借给我。
B 直接引语中的一般过去时通常也作同样的变化：
He said，‘I knew her well．’
他说：“我过去很了解她。”相当于：
He said that he had known her well．
他说他过去很了解她。