Question

Tell how the italicized noun clause is used.

The thief confessed *that he had stolen the bricks from the site*.
-subject
-subject complement
-direct object
-object of the preposition

Answer 1

The italicized noun clause that he had stolen the bricks from the site is used as a direct object of this sentence.
What did the thief confess? That he had stolen the bricks from the site.