Then the rain started and didn't stop for a month.

By the time the food was gone, the rain had finally stopped.

Just before they were ready to go to bed the rain stopped.

The rain stopped, but the sun did not come out.

The rain had stopped, but the water was on the move.

The day was up now, he saw, and by some chance the rain had stopped.

In time the rain stopped, followed an hour later by the sun.

I never thought the rain would stop in this world.

The rain had stopped an hour or so after he got home.

The rain hadn't stopped but the race started on the second day.