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No	Pattern	Freq
31	almost as if it [was/were]	11
32	[vb base] as if it [was/were]	9
33	looked as if it [was/were]	9
34	seem as if it [was/were]	9
35	just as if it [was/were]	8
36	just as if it [was/were]	8
37	[adj] as if it [was/were]	8
38	[be] as if it [was/were]	8
39	be as if it [was/were]	8
40	[prep] as if it [was/were]	7
41	[det] as if it [was/were]	7
42	[was/were] as if it [was/were]	7
43	[prep] as if it [was/were]	7
44	was as if it [was/were]	7
45	behaving as if it [was/were]	6
46	seemed as if it [was/were]	5
47	act as if it [was/were]	5
48	looking as if it [was/were]	5
49	hand as if it [was/were]	5
50	as if it [was/were] [art]	314
51	as if it [was/were] [art]	314
52	as if it [was/were] a	245
53	as if it [was/were] a	203
54	as if it [was/were] [verb]	123
55	as if it [was/were] [adj]	110
56	as if it [was/were] [adv]	96
57	as if it [was/were] [adj]	75
58	as if it [was/were] [adv]	71
59	as if it [was/were] [v-ing]	69
60	as if it [was/were] the	67