| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 463 |
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| 2 | look as though [pers pn] [verb] | 210 |
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| 3 | [vb past] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 162 |
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| 4 | [noun] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 121 |
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| 5 | feel as though [pers pn] [verb] | 95 |
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| 6 | [vb -s] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 87 |
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| 7 | [adv] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 83 |
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| 8 | [noun sg] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 83 |
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| 9 | be as though [pers pn] [verb] | 73 |
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| 10 | [be] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 73 |
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| 11 | [vb base] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 71 |
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| 12 | looked as though [pers pn] [verb] | 61 |
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| 13 | [vb infin] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 59 |
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| 14 | [adv] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 55 |
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| 15 | looks as though [pers pn] [verb] | 50 |
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| 16 | [was/were] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 48 |
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| 17 | was as though [pers pn] [verb] | 48 |
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| 18 | [pron] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 44 |
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| 19 | [pers pn] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 43 |
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| 20 | sound as though [pers pn] [verb] | 42 |
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| 21 | [vb pp] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 41 |
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| 22 | felt as though [pers pn] [verb] | 41 |
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| 23 | look as though [pers pn] [verb] | 32 |
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| 24 | look as though [pers pn] [verb] | 31 |
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| 25 | [v-ing] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 28 |
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| 26 | feel as though [pers pn] [verb] | 26 |
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| 27 | [noun pl] as though [pers pn] [verb] | 25 |
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| 28 | almost as though [pers pn] [verb] | 25 |
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| 29 | almost as though [pers pn] [verb] | 25 |
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| 30 | seem as though [pers pn] [verb] | 24 |
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