Konnichiwa.

Just a beginner here ; how do you say that sort of sentence wherein it
involves a that-phrase that follows a verb?

Arigatou !
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How do you say 'He said that he went there' in Japanese?
As a possible translation:

> 彼は「彼がそこに行った」と言った  
>  (Kare wa kare ga soko ni itta to itta)

Notice the brackets; there are particular brackets you can use for speech
specifically which can denote a phrase such as you highlighted.

The "to itta" is "he said". You could substitute this with something else.

"kare ga soko ni itta" is the action that the person supposedly did - "he went
over there".

This can also be cut down further assuming the context is known (for example
we both know who "he" is and its obvious we are refering to him) to:

> 「彼がそこに行った」と言った  
>  (kare ga soko ni itta to itta)
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