1.   But the very things that make the hay rich are the things that now make it poor.

2.   This kind of one-upmanship is the very thing that Paul wants to avoid.

3.   This very thing was only one of the reasons why he had never wanted to lose his heart to anyone.

4.   They leave unwanted objects in drawers, cupboards and attics for years, in the belief that they may one day need just those very things.

5.   How could he ever admit to Maisie that the very thing that had brought them together was, like so much else in his life, a lie?

6.   What had she done, after all, that had changed things so very much?

7.   That might provoke a riot, the very thing he was trying to avoid.

8.   What kills males in other words, preferential to females, is the very thing that promotes their reproductive success.

9.   He in fact puts himself forward to quite the Knyghtes tale after the Host has asked the Monk to do that very thing.