Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] patch " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dowty says that after a rocky patch during the recession , when the company was forced to axe 1,800 jobs , it 's fortunes are picking up ; not the time to be selling out . |
| 2 | Her eyes fell from his , widening as she caught sight of a reddening patch on his cheek . |
| 3 | Er , you can see that this is a I do n't know whether , it appears to be darker at the centre than it is round the edges , I do n't know whether you tried to burn it in just a little bit in the middle , holding back the edges , but it 's , it 's got sort of a darkish patch i in the centre . |
| 4 | ‘ His hair had been clipped as closely as possible to the scalp , with the exception of a small patch on the crown of the head , which was pulled down over the forehead to form a fringe . ’ |
| 5 | Teachers report a common range of such self-indulgences : allowing yourself ( in the middle of a bad patch ) to give in to temptations like cream cakes , cigarettes , a bottle of your favourite booze or a spending spree . |
| 6 | Greg Chappell came out of a bad patch when he realised he was playing innings in his head before they happened . |
| 7 | Off they went to Uncle Dick 's just in time to meet Belshazzar taking off in search of a clear patch of sky . |
| 8 | What I can say , however , is that the constructivist position allows a distinctive analysis of the ‘ mental ’ when we speak of a ‘ mental representation of a green patch ’ : it helps us to understand the difference between mental representations and the non-mental variety ( a photograph for example ) . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've hit a bit of a barren patch since then , so I would n't mind ending the drought against Leeds . ’ |
| 10 | Dieter thrust his hands into his pockets and traced with the toe of one foot the outline of a damp patch on the concrete surround of the pool . |
| 11 | He streaked out of a thin patch and saw the aircraft bigger now and shinier , curling around in a wide arc to start landing . |
| 12 | Mel hit a bit of a purple patch in the 1st Div if I recall … scoring in 5 out of 6 games or summink . |
| 13 | At first it looked like a dark patch of space . |
| 14 | " No , I wo n't come in now , thank you all the same , " called Father Watson , whose flapping trousers could now be seen beside Tilda 's wellingtons against a square patch of sky . |
| 15 | One of the main ways of distinguishing a European mink Mustela lutreola from this American one is by looking for a white patch on the upper lip . |
| 16 | Everything was dark except for a single patch where the moon shone through the skylight on to the wall . |
| 17 | Chris Wright , defending , said the two offences , freely admitted to police by Watson , happened during a bad patch when Watson was unhappy with army life . |
| 18 | It is easy to see with × 7 as a hazy patch , and with × 12 there is a hint of resolution into stars ; many individual stars can be seen in it with × 20 . |
| 19 | With the naked eye M42 is visible as a misty patch , and binoculars show it excellently . |
| 20 | M56 is not at all prominent , but shows up as a faint patch of light . |
| 21 | It should be visible to the naked eye as a fuzzy patch ( without a tail ) two to three times the size of the Moon , and moving at a relatively high speed — by about its own diameter every hour . |
| 22 | Muscle cells come from cells that contain the yellow cytoplasm that is present as a crescent-shaped patch in the egg , a grey patch in the egg cytoplasm gives rise to the nervous system , and so on . |
| 23 | The imagination of danger keeps us immersed in a story ; the adventurous court it in actual life ; the unadventurous relate with gusto how they were carried off to hospital with an undiagnosed and probably fatal illness , as a vivid patch in an otherwise uneventful life . |
| 24 | The Royal Family is certainly going through a rough patch . |
| 25 | When the company I work for went through a rough patch , there were no pay rises for two years . |
| 26 | The hole-in-the-wall tie and scarf retailer is going through a sticky patch in its drive to adorn the world 's necks . |
| 27 | This is not always easy , especially when the relationship is going through a sticky patch , but if they can feel close from time to time , the pulling-back will happen less , and Elizabeth could reassure Harry that just because she wants to do things for herself does n't mean that she does n't want him . |
| 28 | Evode has gone through a sticky patch . |
| 29 | Hed gone through a sticky patch but he was a good player , and was signing from the runaway leaders of the division . |
| 30 | He is going through a dry patch at the moment as he has won only on match in the five tournaments he has played so far this year but I am sure he will work his way back again , he has got it in him . |