The fence threw a long patch of blackness along the sidewalk.

Possibly no eyes could have spotted that long patch of blackness.

Here the road mounted between trees - the white ribbon was lost in long patches of total darkness.

A long pale patch was coming into view to the east, in the mist obscuring the horizon.

He twisted to avoid her, and hit his side on the rail, scraping a long patch of skin loose.

A door opened, she couldn't see exactly where, but she saw the long patch of light it cast on to the lawn.

His shape was followed by a long gliding patch of darkness that trailed across the floor.

He crossed the long, silhouetted patch of darkness that lay upon the floor.

But it's an interpretation that can result in long dead patches.

But she always kept the leftmost long patch the natural color of her hair.