The phrase "a common thing for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that frequently occurs or is typical in a certain context or situation.
Example: "It is a common thing for people to feel nervous before giving a presentation."
Alternatives: "a usual occurrence for" or "a frequent situation for".
That's a common thing for middle-class Irish girls to do.
Moreover, "in periods of stress it is a common thing for animals to change their habitats and usually this change involves migration".
Annie texted back, told her not to worry, that it was just a slap on the wrist, a correction, a common thing for newbies.
"She had hope and I didn't, which is a common thing for people wanting to see change but not knowing how to get it," he says.
Even so, it became a common thing for staff to be accused of rigging equipment, of dialling up losing streaks, of modulating people's electronic luck.
"It's a common thing for sports," said Rebecca Friedman, a sophomore who is on the field hockey, ski and soccer teams at Fox Lane High School in Bedford.
"Ahhh...found the diaper" I nodded to my car-full as we chugged off to school, as if it was a common thing we searched for each morning; Where's Waldo, Roadside Edition.
When we finally did, we loved it so much that we bought a piece of property during that first visit, which is actually a pretty common thing for people to do.
"It's not a common thing," Mr. Kmonicek said, "for an Iraqi diplomat to meet a student from a neighboring country, though it is still premature to speculate further" on what transpired during the meeting.
Avery, 28, used a derogatory term to refer to his former girlfriends, saying that it had "become like a common thing in the N.H.L. for guys to fall in love with" them.
"I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the N.H.L. for guys to fall in love" with former girlfriends of his, he told reporters, using crude language to describe the women.
