SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] the [adj] thing	1939
2	[verb] the [adj] thing	1384
3	do the [adj] thing	678
4	[verb] the [det] thing	611
5	[verb] the same thing	601
6	[verb] the same thing	601
7	[vb base] the [adj] thing	442
8	[vb past] the [adj] thing	417
9	[verb] the whole thing	415
10	[verb] the whole thing	415
11	[v-ing] the [adj] thing	389
12	[vb infin] the [adj] thing	348
13	[verb] the [adj] things	320
14	[to-vb] the [adj] thing	293
15	[verb] the right thing	261
16	[verb] the right thing	261
17	[vb pp] the [adj] thing	258
18	say the [adj] thing	203
19	doing the [adj] thing	165
20	think the [adj] thing	135
21	[verb] the [num ord] thing	116
22	did the [adj] thing	116
23	[vb -s] the [adj] thing	112
24	done the [adj] thing	108
25	to do the [adj] thing	106
26	[verb] the first thing	92
27	[verb] the first thing	92
28	[verb] the [adj -est] thing	88
29	think the [adj] thing	87
30	do the [adj] thing	85