Example sentences of "as it [verb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Thus in Lothian about 250 children — the vast majority not infected with HIV — are likely to suffer the death of one or both parents due to disease related to HIV in the near future ; this figure is probably an underestimate as it represents only the tested population .
2 My German worked like a dream , like a brilliant robot you switch on and stand back and admire as it does all the hard work .
3 The vehicle shot forward , and as it did so the first rocks from above came hurtling down onto the track just behind us .
4 As it did so the death-like covering of flour fell from its face .
5 Many pundits publicly opine that Windows would never have sold as many copies as it has without the massive publicity campaign that Microsoft put behind it .
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