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Kazupocketmonster Posted 8 years ago
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Is this correct?

My teacher said that she had left his textbook in the staff room and went back for it. I was waiting for 10 minutes, but he didn’t come back.
  

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"I was waiting" is not definitely wrong, but "I waited" seems more likely here. "she ... his ...

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"I was waiting" is not definitely wrong, but "I waited" seems more likely here.

"she ... his ... he" is a bit confusing. You may be talking about different people I guess, but perhaps the first "she" should be "he"?