"Parents do not allow children to play computer games for a long period of time."

• The teacher told us that parents did not allow children to play computer games for a long period of time.
• The physicist said that parents did not allow children to play computer games for a long period of time.

"Wrong decisions in Chernobyl caused a big nuclear explosion."

• The politician told the audience that wrong decisions in Chernobyl caused a big nuclear explosion.

He said, "I am going to hire a robot next Saturday."

• He said that he was going to hire a robot the following Saturday.

Mary said, "My parents don't want me to participate in this project."

• Mary told me that her parents didn't want her to participate in that project.