SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] as if [pron] [vb past]	749
2	[vb past] as if [pron] [vb past]	396
3	[noun] as if [pron] [vb past]	354
4	[adv] as if [pron] [vb past]	287
5	look as if [pron] [vb past]	280
6	[noun sg] as if [pron] [vb past]	257
7	[adv] as if [pron] [vb past]	201
8	[be] as if [pron] [vb past]	184
9	be as if [pron] [vb past]	184
10	was as if [pron] [vb past]	151
11	[was/were] as if [pron] [vb past]	151
12	looked as if [pron] [vb past]	149
13	[vb pp] as if [pron] [vb past]	135
14	feel as if [pron] [vb past]	126
15	[pron] as if [pron] [vb past]	101
16	[pers pn] as if [pron] [vb past]	98
17	felt as if [pron] [vb past]	97
18	[noun pl] as if [pron] [vb past]	69
19	almost as if [pron] [vb past]	68
20	almost as if [pron] [vb past]	68
21	[v-ing] as if [pron] [vb past]	66
22	[vb infin] as if [pron] [vb past]	60
23	looked as if [pron] [vb past]	58
24	[adv prt] as if [pron] [vb past]	57
25	sound as if [pron] [vb past]	38
26	[adj] as if [pron] [vb past]	38
27	[adj] as if [pron] [vb past]	33
28	just as if [pron] [vb past]	32
29	[to-vb] as if [pron] [vb past]	32
30	just as if [pron] [vb past]	32