1.   By the time we got back to the gym, it was raining buckets, but we felt safe there.

2.   Every time I got down to the farm, it rained buckets, and the ground was like cement.

3.   Last week the dogs spent a lot of time indoors as it rained buckets.

4.   Spring is supposed to be sunny in Tirana, but over the last three nights it has rained buckets.

5.   The problem was that it had rained buckets for hours and so the whole thing was a little soggy.