SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[be] the [adj] thing	1907
2	be the [adj] thing	1906
3	[be] the [adj] thing	1805
4	[is] the [adj] thing	1044
5	[be] the [adj] thing	865
6	's the [adj] thing	631
7	[was/were] the [adj] thing	559
8	was the [adj] thing	520
9	[be] the [adj -est] thing	445
10	is the [adj] thing	412
11	[be] the [num ord] thing	387
12	[be] the only thing	280
13	[be] the only thing	280
14	[be] the last thing	234
15	[be] the last thing	234
16	[be] the [adj] thing	173
17	be the [adj] thing	173
18	[be] the good thing	168
19	[be] the best thing	164
20	[be] the first thing	131
21	[be] the first thing	131
22	[be] the [det] thing	113
23	[be] the same thing	110
24	[be] the same thing	110
25	[am/are] the [adj] thing	104
26	[be] the [adj] things	102
27	[be] the [num] thing	87
28	are the [adj] thing	80
29	[be] the right thing	76
30	[be] the right thing	76