1.   A few spots of rain began to fall.

2.   A few spots of rain fell on Claire.

3.   A spot of work here and there, liberally interspersed with rendezvous with an old flame?

4.   As they passed through the town of Isserre, spots of rain spat on to the windscreen.

5.   But although it was early the sky had become quite dark and he felt a few spots of rain.

6.   But Kleinwort Benson, an investment bank, has done a spot of detective work.

7.   Detectives found a few spots of blood on the carpet.