had said
Je ne voulais pas entendre ce qu'avait dit Toulouse.
I didn't want to hear what Toulouse had said.
— Moulin Rouge ! (2001)
Elle m'avait dit que tu trouverais un emploi.
She had told me that you would find a job.
— Le Voleur de bicyclette (1948)
That's what we said.
Tom et Mary ont fait exactement ce qu'on leur avait dit.
Tom and Mary did exactly what they had been told.
J'étais horrifié par ce qu'elle avait dit.
I was horrified by what she had said.
On vous avait dit de rester sur le bateau.
You were told to stay on the boat.
Ils ont fait ce qu'on leur avait dit.
They did what they had been told.