I`m grateful that you looked after my mother so well.
$\Rightarrow$ Thank you because you looked after my
mother so well
"Why didn`t I get a computer before?" thought the office
manager.
$\Rightarrow$ The
office manager wondered why he hadn't got a computer before.
" You`d better not lend him any more money,
Elizabeth," said John. $\Rightarrow$
john advised elizabeth not to lend him (not john) any
more money.
I started work for the company a year ago.
$\Rightarrow$ I've
started work for the company for a year
My suit needs to be cleaned before the interview.
$\Rightarrow$ I
must have my suit cleaned before the interview
As my grandfather gets older, he wants to travel less.
$\Rightarrow$ The older is gotten by my grandfather
so he wants to travel less
A house in that district will cost you at least $ 200,000.
$\Rightarrow$ You won’t be able..to buy a house in that district
for less than $200,000
Alan worked too hard at the office, and this led to his illness.
$\Rightarrow$ Alan's
illness was the result of his hard working
My parents let me go abroad alone for the first time last
year.
$\Rightarrow$ I I was allowed to go abroad alone for the first time
last year
It was his incompetence which led to their capture.
$\Rightarrow$ If it hadn't been
for his incompetence, they wouldn't have been captured