SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] as though	1898
2	look as though	853
3	[noun] as though	726
4	[vb past] as though	641
5	[noun sg] as though	521
6	[vb -s] as though	478
7	[adv] as though	445
8	looks as though	314
9	feel as though	313
10	[adv] as though	292
11	[be] as though	279
12	be as though	279
13	looked as though	244
14	[pron] as though	244
15	[pers pn] as though	231
16	[vb infin] as though	223
17	[vb base] as though	189
18	[vb pp] as though	185
19	[was/were] as though	175
20	was as though	175
21	felt as though	162
22	sound as though	151
23	[noun pl] as though	150
24	seem as though	140
25	[v-ing] as though	107
26	look as though	105
27	[is] as though	96
28	almost as though	94
29	almost as though	94
30	[adv prt] as though	85