SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] as if they [verb]	173
2	look as if they [verb]	86
3	[noun] as if they [verb]	52
4	[vb past] as if they [verb]	45
5	[adv] as if they [verb]	42
6	[vb pp] as if they [verb]	41
7	[vb base] as if they [verb]	38
8	[noun sg] as if they [verb]	29
9	[adv] as if they [verb]	27
10	be as if they [verb]	27
11	[be] as if they [verb]	27
12	looked as if they [verb]	24
13	[noun pl] as if they [verb]	21
14	looked as if they [verb]	19
15	look as if they [verb]	19
16	was as if they [verb]	18
17	[was/were] as if they [verb]	18
18	[pers pn] as if they [verb]	16
19	[pron] as if they [verb]	16
20	[v-ing] as if they [verb]	14
21	[to-vb] as if they [verb]	13
22	feel as if they [verb]	12
23	behave as if they [verb]	12
24	[vb infin] as if they [verb]	11
25	[not/n't] as if they [verb]	11
26	[vb -s] as if they [verb]	11
27	not as if they [verb]	11
28	[adj] as if they [verb]	10
29	treated as if they [verb]	9
30	treat as if they [verb]	9