My boyfriend and I were going through a very rough patch at the time.
The couple appears to be going through a bit of a rough patch, but still seem to love each other.
She had been a major influence in my life, and helped me through the rough patches.
But the campaign also has had its rough patches, especially early on.
This was a rough patch for the city, the mayor said.
It helped me through some rough patches in the first game.
Democrats have had their own rough patches in the fight for the political high ground.
Sometimes a short course of medication can get you through a rough patch.
But the process of getting to that level has had rough patches.
"I think it's going to be a very difficult period for him."
However, the marriage was not to last through this difficult period.
But he says it began a very difficult period in his life.
In 2006, she went through a difficult period of his career.
We'll have to fight through a difficult period in a united sense.
This is a difficult period in a part of the world that has known many.
"I think we have gone through the most difficult period on the beginning," he said.
Most of these kids are going through a difficult period.
He also said a number of people in the organization did not support him during his difficult period.
And she asked for their support over a difficult period.
Nathan and I had being going through a bad patch, but nothing too significant.
After a bad patch last winter, the stocks are up more than 30 percent, on average.
After going through a bad patch during the recession, business has never been better.
A few weeks ago, he found himself in a bad patch.
It's clear he was going through a bad patch at the time.
We have never had a disagreement, even during the bad patch.
You're out of a job, and going through a bad patch.
I was going through a bad patch at the time.
Maybe we'll get through this bad patch, and oil will fall back toward $30 a barrel.
This is just a bad patch we are going through.
The local film industry persevered through this lean period.
A lean period followed, however with the club having no notable successes in the 1990s.
A loyal player who was a determined member of the Saints through a lean period for the club.
The 1950s were a lean period for the club, with no titles won.
"It was a very lean period indeed," he notes, with much of his time spent searching for financing to complete the project.
Beef producers had been having a banner year, with demand and prices up after a long, lean period.
For that lean period, any woman would be lovely, particularly a young one.
But this is a much longer and leaner dry period than ever before.
Then, as one might expect with a rapid turnover of players, followed a lean period.
Following a lean period on the playing fields during the 1980s club fortunes began a major revival in the 1990s.
