1.   A fine rain was coming down as the game started.

2.   Draining a vast, barren watershed whose rains usually come in deluges, its sediment volume was phenomenal.

3.   He can predict the exact hour the rains will come.

4.   I went circling as the rains came down, the track cleared and all the other initial trialists went home.

5.   Last year, the rains came on time in April.

6.   Rain came in through the window, dampening the curtains.

7.   Rain was coming in through a hole in the roof.

8.   The farmers are waiting for the rains to come.