Example sentences of "so [that] [adv] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he would make a pair of horns with his hands and step slowly backwards , and the closer he got to the bedside lamp the bigger the shadow grew , so that finally it outgrew the wall and spread across the ceiling and towered above him , a vast and terrible Demon . |
| 2 | Then the logic of the social system and the antagonism of classes continues to develop so that ultimately it destroys itself and the material conditions which brought it about . |
| 3 | Since then the picture has changed incredibly fast so that now it seems possible that the extinction that took place in Java may be repeated . |
| 4 | keeps a cushion of air under the vessel so that really it hovers on top of the water and the air propellers drive it like an aeroplane |
| 5 | It is easy to see why : the track is only six lanes wide so that the crowd is closer to the action than usual , and the organizers have the knack of building up the anticipation for the big event so that once it gets under way , emotion bubbles over . |
| 6 | The effect of the energy loss will be to change the orbit of the earth so that gradually it gets nearer and nearer to the sun , eventually collides with it , and settles down to a stationary state . |