SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[vb past] the [adj] thing	417
2	[vb past] the [adj] thing	374
3	[vb past] the [adj] thing	271
4	did the [adj] thing	116
5	[vb past] the whole thing	103
6	[vb past] the whole thing	103
7	[vb past] the [det] thing	94
8	[vb past] the same thing	92
9	[vb past] the same thing	92
10	said the [adj] thing	56
11	[vb past] the right thing	43
12	[vb past] the [adj] things	43
13	[vb past] the right thing	43
14	[vb past] the only thing	30
15	[vb past] the only thing	30
16	[vb past] the [num ord] thing	23
17	[vb past] the first thing	20
18	[vb past] the first thing	20
19	made the [adj] thing	18
20	[vb past] the [adj -est] thing	18
21	seemed the [adj] thing	17
22	had the [adj] thing	14
23	thought the [adj] thing	14
24	[vb past] the good thing	11
25	[vb past] the [num] thing	10
26	[vb past] the best thing	9
27	found the [adj] thing	9
28	[vb past] the damn thing	8
29	[vb past] the damn thing	8
30	[vb past] the one thing	8