SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [pers pn] the [adj] thing	17
2	[prep] [pers pn] the [adj] thing	11
3	[prep] [pers pn] the [adj] thing	11
4	tell [pers pn] the [adj] thing	6
5	to [pers pn] the [adj] thing	5
6	to [pers pn] the [adj] thing	5
7	[pers pn] [verb] the [adj] thing	355
8	[pers pn] be the [adj] thing	213
9	[pers pn] [be] the [adj] thing	213
10	[pers pn] [vb past] the [adj] thing	167
11	[pers pn] [vb base] the [adj] thing	126
12	[pers pn] [is] the [adj] thing	125
13	[pers pn] 's the [adj] thing	100
14	[pers pn] do the [adj] thing	93
15	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] thing	74
16	[pers pn] was the [adj] thing	70
17	[pers pn] did the [adj] thing	63
18	[pers pn] think the [adj] thing	53
19	[pers pn] think the [adj] thing	43
20	[pers pn] is the [adj] thing	25
21	[pers pn] [to-vb] the [adj] thing	20
22	[pers pn] [vb -s] the [adj] thing	18
23	[pers pn] seem the [adj] thing	18
24	[pers pn] say the [adj] thing	18
25	[pers pn] mean the [adj] thing	17
26	[pers pn] [conj] the [adj] thing	17
27	[pers pn] mean the [adj] thing	16
28	[pers pn] seemed the [adj] thing	15
29	[pers pn] [vb infin] the [adj] thing	14
30	[pers pn] [am/are] the [adj] thing	13