1.   She attacked the man, raining blows on his head and shoulders.

2.   The police, raining blows on rioters and spectators alike, cleared the park.

3.   He might as well have sought to intervene with two feuding lovers, only to have them both rain their blows on him.

4.   Much feistiness has occurred on the convention stage, and it has come from Republican leaders raining blows on the Democrats.

5.   They pound him, fists flailing, raining blows.

6.   He said he was floored when they rained blows on him.

7.   Bowe was raining blows on Mathis at will when Mathis dropped to one knee.

8.   Otieno Kopiyo, an opposition deputy, said fellow MP Farah Maalim rained blows on him and stabbed him in the face on Thursday.

9.   PTI said club-wielding policemen rained blows on the demonstrators, including women and children, who had earlier been addressed by leading Indian environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna.