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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] it as if it [was/were]	22
2	[prep] it as if it [was/were]	15
3	[prep] it as if it [was/were]	15
4	[vb past] it as if it [was/were]	6
5	[v-ing] it as if it [was/were]	5
6	it [verb] as if it [was/were]	34
7	it [vb past] as if it [was/were]	20
8	it look as if it [was/were]	14
9	it looked as if it [was/were]	9
10	it [be] as if it [was/were]	8
11	it seem as if it [was/were]	8
12	it [vb infin] as if it [was/were]	8
13	it be as if it [was/were]	8
14	it was as if it [was/were]	7
15	it [was/were] as if it [was/were]	7
16	it seem as if it [was/were]	6
17	it feel as if it [was/were]	5
18	it [vb -s] as if it [was/were]	5
19	it [adv] as if it [was/were]	5
20	it felt as if it [was/were]	5
21	it as if it [was/were] [art]	17
22	it as if it [was/were] [art]	17
23	it as if it [was/were] a	16
24	it as if it [was/were] a	14
25	it as if it [was/were] [adj]	7
26	it as if it [was/were] [adj]	6
27	it as if it [was/were] [adv]	5
28	it as if it [was/were] [adv]	5