SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pron] be the [adj] thing	620
2	[pers pn] [be] the [adj] thing	492
3	it [be] the [adj] thing	439
4	it [be] the [adj] thing	438
5	[pron] [is] the [adj] thing	368
6	[pron] 's the [adj] thing	262
7	[pron] [be] the [adj] thing	238
8	[pron] [was/were] the [adj] thing	227
9	[pron] was the [adj] thing	217
10	[pron] [be] the [adj -est] thing	161
11	[pron] [be] the [num ord] thing	135
12	[Wh det] [be] the [adj] thing	124
13	[pron] is the [adj] thing	106
14	[pron] [be] the only thing	85
15	[pron] [be] the only thing	85
16	what [be] the [adj] thing	84
17	what [be] the [adj] thing	84
18	[pron] [be] the last thing	80
19	[pron] [be] the last thing	80
20	[pron] [be] the best thing	65
21	[pron] [be] the good thing	65
22	[pron] [be] the [det] thing	64
23	[pron] [be] the same thing	63
24	[pron] [be] the same thing	63
25	[pron] [be] the right thing	43
26	[pron] [be] the right thing	43
27	[pron] [be] the first thing	42
28	[pron] [be] the first thing	42
29	which [be] the [adj] thing	40
30	which [be] the [adj] thing	40