1.   And that was when she hit a wet patch on the tarmac and felt the car go out of control.

2.   He was good at encouraging his team when it hit a rough patch.

3.   I hit a patch of ice as I entered the ramp to the expressway.

4.   Provided I could hit the patches of sand quickly enough and keep the momentum, the wheel would skate across.

5.   The car hit a patch of ice and went into a skid.

6.   The car hit a patch of ice and spun into the wall.

7.   Then a motorcyclist was brought in on a blue light, a dispatch rider who had been burning along the Norwich road and hit a patch of oil.

8.   But hedge funds are supposed to perform well even when markets hit rough patches, as they have lately.

9.   But Nachtomi said he thought the craft had hit a patch of ice.

10.   He was in charge of the credit department and spent most of his time trying to collect on bad loans when the Mexican economy hit a rough patch.