Example sentences of "as it [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Rain swilled and foamed in its open mouth as it looked at the churning black clouds and the eruptions of fractured lightning .
2 Lying as it does at the northern limit of the global thermohaline ‘ conveyor belt ’ , changes in this region may ultimately have global consequences .
3 So what do you think about the overall situation as it stands at the present time ?
4 Obtaining office copy entries ( as opposed to furnishing merely a copy of the registered title ) is advisable as it reveals at an early stage whether or not there is a second charge which may not have been disclosed to the husband 's solicitors .
5 They found that £15 or £20 a week went as far in an erstwhile fishing village on Spain 's Costa Brava as it did at an English seaside hotel or holiday camp , with cheap wine and reliable sunshine thrown in .
6 It chewed the bloody snow , gulped the entrails and the gore , growled in its throat as it worked at the tough tissues .
7 I enclose a photograph of the display as it appeared at the National Library of Scotland ; obviously the cases are not part of the touring display .
8 There 's only one thing that struck me when I was reading through it but a as I say , we we got to look at this from point of view are we going to date this as it lies at the present moment and add to it pieces that we want , or do we start off by having the pieces o i its its now whe w w
9 Local authorities were anxious to redevelop the area as soon as possible , as it lies at the very heart of the town 's commercial district .
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