Is the noun in this case ‘to be standing’? What it means is

To be standing was eeirie [predicate adjective referring to the subject… *

The construction you quote has the word it as the subject, and the noun phrase appears later in the sentence as a reference to, and definition of, it.

A doorstop is a weighted item that holds open a door. A common door top (in simpler times) was a brick.

All Electronic Devices are doorstops, so the reference to Electronic Devices means that they have no more functionality than a brick. In general, it refers to obsolescence – the previous functionality of the device is long since gone, and you might as well use it as a doorstop. It was more apparent when there were electronic devices that weighed in excess of a few thousands of pounds.

The verb, to brick, which means to render an electronic device useless, so that an unauthorized user cannot access the sensitive information of the owner. The remote software that renders the device no different than a doortop is achieved through remote

software.

A doorstop is a weighted item that holds open a door. A common door top (in simpler times) was a brick.

All Electronic Devices are doorstops, so the reference to Electronic Devices means that they have no more functionality than a brick. In general, it refers to obsolescence – the previous functionality of the device is long since gone, and you might as well use it as a doorstop. It was more apparent when there were electronic devices that weighed in excess of a few thousands of pounds.

The verb, to brick, which means to render an electronic device useless, so that an unauthorized user cannot access the sensitive information of the owner. The remote software that renders the device no different than a doortop is achieved through remote

software.

A doorstop is a weighted item that holds open a door. A common door top (in simpler times) was a brick.

All Electronic Devices are doorstops, so the reference to Electronic Devices means that they have no more functionality than a brick. In general, it refers to obsolescence – the previous functionality of the device is long since gone, and you might as well use it as a doorstop. It was more apparent when there were electronic devices that weighed in excess of a few thousands of pounds.

The verb, to brick, which means to render an electronic device useless, so that an unauthorized user cannot access the sensitive information of the owner. The remote software that renders the device no different than a doortop is achieved through remote

software.

A doorstop is a weighted item that holds open a door. A common door top (in simpler times) was a brick.

All Electronic Devices are doorstops, so the reference to Electronic Devices means that they have no more functionality than a brick. In general, it refers to obsolescence – the previous functionality of the device is long since gone, and you might as well use it as a doorstop. It was more apparent when there were electronic devices that weighed in excess of a few thousands of pounds.

The verb, to brick, which means to render an electronic device useless, so that an unauthorized user cannot access the sensitive information of the owner. The remote software that renders the device no different than a doortop is achieved through remote

software.

A doorstop is a weighted item that holds open a door. A common door top (in simpler times) was a brick.

All Electronic Devices are doorstops, so the reference to Electronic Devices means that they have no more functionality than a brick. In general, it refers to obsolescence – the previous functionality of the device is long since gone, and you might as well use it as a doorstop. It was more apparent when there were electronic devices that weighed in excess of a few thousands of pounds.

The verb, to brick, which means to render an electronic device useless, so that an unauthorized user cannot access the sensitive information of the owner. The remote software that renders the device no different than a doortop is achieved through remote

software.

A doorstop is a weighted item that holds open a door. A common door top (in simpler times) was a brick.

All Electronic Devices are doorstops, so the reference to Electronic Devices means that they have no more functionality than a brick. In general, it refers to obsolescence – the previous functionality of the device is long since gone, and you might as well use it as a doorstop. It was more apparent when there were electronic devices that weighed in excess of a few thousands of pounds.

The verb, to brick, which means to render an electronic device useless, so that an unauthorized user cannot access the sensitive information of the owner. The remote software that renders the device no different than a doortop is achieved through remote

software.

A doorstop is a weighted item that holds open a door. A common door top (in simpler times) was a brick.

All Electronic Devices are doorstops, so the reference to Electronic Devices means that they have no more functionality than a brick. In general, it refers to obsolescence – the previous functionality of the device is long since gone, and you might as well use it as a doorstop. It was more apparent when there were electronic devices that weighed in excess of a few thousands of pounds.

The verb, to brick, which means to render an electronic device useless, so that an unauthorized user cannot access the sensitive information of the owner. The remote software that renders the device no different than a doortop is achieved through remote

software.

A doorstop is a weighted item that holds open a door. A common door top (in simpler times) was a brick.

All Electronic Devices are doorstops, so the reference to Electronic Devices means that they have no more functionality than a brick. In general, it refers to obsolescence – the previous functionality of the device is long since gone, and you might as well use it as a doorstop. It was more apparent when there were electronic devices that weighed in excess of a few thousands of pounds.

The verb, to brick, which means to render an electronic device useless, so that an unauthorized user cannot access the sensitive information of the owner. The remote software that renders the device no different than a doortop is achieved through remote

software.

A doorstop is a weighted item that holds open a door. A common door top (in simpler times) was a brick.

All Electronic Devices are doorstops, so the reference to Electronic Devices means that they have no more functionality than a brick. In general, it refers to obsolescence – the previous functionality of the device is long since gone, and you might as well use it as a doorstop. It was more apparent when there were electronic devices that weighed in excess of a few thousands of pounds.

The verb, to brick, which means to render an electronic device useless, so that an unauthorized user cannot access the sensitive information of the owner. The remote software that renders the device no different than a doortop is achieved through remote

software.