1.   A cold rain was beginning to fall, the sky to the east was very dark.

2.   A fine rain was beginning to veil the hills.

3.   A light rain began to fall.

4.   A steady rain began to fall.

5.   As he walked along, light rain began to fall.

6.   As the rain began to fall harder, I darted into the first shop I could find.

7.   Fifteen minutes after the rains began, according to equatorial form, the sky had cleared and we were steaming dry.

8.   In a few minutes the sky darkened and heavy rain began to fall.

9.   That evening, as a cold rain began to fall, we were the last family admitted to the receiving camp.

10.   The endless rain was beginning to get him down.