SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] the [adj] thing	1939
2	[be] the [adj] thing	1805
3	be the [adj] thing	1804
4	[conj] the [adj] thing	1189
5	[is] the [adj] thing	1022
6	[adv] the [adj] thing	870
7	[coord] the [adj] thing	796
8	[prep] the [adj] thing	731
9	[prep] the [adj] thing	731
10	[adv] the [adj] thing	638
11	's the [adj] thing	614
12	do the [adj] thing	611
13	and the [adj] thing	546
14	and the [adj] thing	546
15	[was/were] the [adj] thing	540
16	was the [adj] thing	517
17	is the [adj] thing	407
18	[vb base] the [adj] thing	376
19	[vb past] the [adj] thing	374
20	[v-ing] the [adj] thing	336
21	[vb infin] the [adj] thing	292
22	[to-vb] the [adj] thing	235
23	but the [adj] thing	229
24	but the [adj] thing	229
25	[vb pp] the [adj] thing	229
26	that the [adj] thing	216
27	[that] the [adj] thing	216
28	that the [adj] thing	216
29	[not/n't] the [adj] thing	194
30	not the [adj] thing	194