When selecting quotations you should never change the meaning of the quotation by changing the context.
Did Jack really say it's not my responsibility?
The Mayor promised that the project would be completed in two months.
The professor asked, "When was the treaty signed?".
"You're out of your mind!", exclaimed Tony, slamming the door.
"I'm going to the newsstand", he said, "for a copy of the newspaper."
The composer asked if the orchestra would play this on Thursday.
Answer: a lot of these could be correct. A verb is an action. So eating a sandwich could be one, walking a dog could be one. Anyone that involves sombody doing somthing or they words suggesting it would be correct
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