SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[vb base] the [adj] thing	442
2	[vb base] the [adj] thing	376
3	[vb base] the [adj] thing	251
4	[vb base] the [det] thing	100
5	[vb base] the same thing	98
6	[vb base] the same thing	98
7	think the [adj] thing	87
8	do the [adj] thing	74
9	[vb base] the whole thing	68
10	[vb base] the whole thing	68
11	[vb base] the [adj] things	66
12	[vb base] the [adj -est] thing	39
13	[vb base] the [num ord] thing	35
14	mean the [adj] thing	34
15	[vb base] the other thing	29
16	[vb base] the other thing	29
17	[vb base] the first thing	25
18	[vb base] the first thing	25
19	[vb base] the good thing	22
20	say the [adj] thing	21
21	[vb base] the right thing	20
22	[vb base] the right thing	20
23	[vb base] the best thing	20
24	see the [adj] thing	18
25	[vb base] the only thing	16
26	[vb base] the only thing	16
27	[vb base] the [num] thing	15
28	[vb base] the bloody thing	13
29	[vb base] the bloody thing	13
30	know the [adj] thing	13