had said
Je l'ai fait comme il m'avait dit de le faire.
I did it the way he had told me to.
Elle a fait comme on lui avait dit.
She did as she was told.
Je lui avait dit "est-ce que vous m'aimez ?".
I had asked him, “Do you love me?”
— Pierrot le Fou (1965)
That's what we said.
On vous avait dit de rester sur le bateau.
You were told to stay on the boat.