SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [verb] the [adj] thing	295
2	[verb] [verb] the [adj] thing	200
3	have [verb] the [adj] thing	185
4	[verb] [vb pp] the [adj] thing	168
5	[verb] do the [adj] thing	127
6	[verb] [to-vb] the [adj] thing	108
7	[vb past] [verb] the [adj] thing	101
8	[verb] [verb] the [det] thing	79
9	[verb] done the [adj] thing	78
10	[verb] [verb] the same thing	78
11	[verb] [verb] the same thing	78
12	had [verb] the [adj] thing	65
13	[verb] [verb] the right thing	61
14	[verb] [verb] the right thing	61
15	[vb base] [verb] the [adj] thing	61
16	[verb] [verb] the whole thing	59
17	[verb] [verb] the whole thing	59
18	[vb infin] [verb] the [adj] thing	59
19	[verb] to do the [adj] thing	43
20	have [verb] the [adj] thing	39
21	[verb] say the [adj] thing	31
22	[v-ing] [verb] the [adj] thing	30
23	[vb -s] [verb] the [adj] thing	25
24	've [verb] the [adj] thing	25
25	[verb] said the [adj] thing	20
26	try [verb] the [adj] thing	19
27	'd [verb] the [adj] thing	18
28	[verb] [verb] the wrong thing	16
29	[verb] [verb] the wrong thing	16
30	[vb pp] [verb] the [adj] thing	15