They passed through a little patch of sun just then.

I was going through a bad patch at the time.

As the man moved through a patch of light they saw who it was.

It's clear he was going through a bad patch at the time.

You're out of a job, and going through a bad patch.

After going through a bad patch during the recession, business has never been better.

She went through a brief bright patch; then the sun was lost again.

He's going through a very difficult patch at the moment, Nell.

The welfare profession went through a bad patch on this.

As he spoke we were passing through a little patch of thick bush.