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In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II.
(I) Robin said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening."
(II) Robin said ______
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Solution
(I) Robin said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening."
(II) Robin said that it gave him great pleasure to be there that evening.
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