[[A] He said, «I’ve been in England for ten years» (= He said that he had been in England for ten years); He said, «When you’ve worked for a year you’ll get a rise (= He said that when when I’d worked for a year I’d get a rise); She said, «I’ll lend you the book as soon as I have read it myself (= She said that she’d lend me the book as soon as she’d read it herself). [B] He said, «I knew her well» (= «He said that he had known her well.)]
[A] Los pretéritos perfectos en estilo directo pasan a pretéritos pluscuamperfectos en estilo indirecto si el verbo introductor está en pasado:
- He said, «I’ve been in England for ten years» =
= He said that he had been in England for ten years.
- He said, «When you’ve worked for a year you’ll get a rise =
= He said that when I’d worked for a year I’d get a rise.
- She said, «I’ll lend you the book as soon as I have read it myself» =
= She said that she’d lend me the book as soon as she’d read it herself.
[B] Los pasados simples en estilo directo pasan también a pretéritos pluscuamperfectos:
- He said, «I knew her well» =
= He said that he had known her well.
A Practical English Grammar (A.J. Thomson & A.V. Martinet) 