Sentence examples for rough waiting from inspiring English sources

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At Kagunga, a tiny fishing village on the shores of Lake Tanganyika just 2km (1.5 miles) inside Tanzania, an estimated 50,000 refugees are sleeping rough, waiting for a 100-year-old ferry, the MV Liemba, to carry them south to safety.

(Even then, they owed a debt to luck: Moreau had first heard their music two years earlier, when bumming around Mali; he was sleeping rough waiting for an onward ride at the bus station in Bamako for four days, when the woman beside him started playing a cassette of Amadou and Mariam's music – a woman who, it later transpired, turned out to be Mariam's sister, so cementing their relationship).

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In the course of a year, Andy Flower, a pragmatist and quietly ruthless in how he goes about things, has seen enough of Morgan on the field, in training and around the team to be as certain as he can be that there is a rough diamond waiting to be cut, polished and set.

Any other rough diamonds waiting for a polish?

It's taken me 14 long years of private reflection to admit that Jedi Power Battles the PlayStation brawler a friend and I played for well over 100 hours while at school is not a rough diamond waiting to be dusted off and shelved alongside The Legend of Zelda, but a modestly proportioned crock of shit.

It's taken me 14 long years of private reflection to admit that Jedi Power Battles – the PlayStation brawler a friend and I played for well over 100 hours while at school – is not a rough diamond waiting to be dusted off and shelved alongside The Legend of Zelda, but a modestly proportioned crock of shit.

"This has been the roughest part, waiting to hear identities," Ms. Ela said.

Bill, Brooklyn If you think preschool was rough, just wait until your pals start vying for kindergarten slots.

Looking ahead to the full Olympic Route Network coming into force on Wednesday, Richard Cowley wrote: "Think this is rough - wait for the 25th".

In addition to the tub, the bathroom has an old pedestal sink and a toilet, along with rough concrete walls waiting to be tiled in soapstone.

He may write down ideas for his blog in the morning on his iPad; then, when he switches to his laptop later in the day, the rough draft is waiting for him.

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