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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] as if it [was/were]	253
2	[noun sg] as if it [was/were]	212
3	[verb] as if it [was/were]	195
4	[adv] as if it [was/were]	61
5	[vb past] as if it [was/were]	61
6	[vb pp] as if it [was/were]	54
7	[pron] as if it [was/were]	48
8	look as if it [was/were]	46
9	[pers pn] as if it [was/were]	46
10	[adv] as if it [was/were]	41
11	it as if it [was/were]	37
12	it as if it [was/were]	37
13	feel as if it [was/were]	28
14	[noun pl] as if it [was/were]	27
15	felt as if it [was/were]	25
16	[vb -s] as if it [was/were]	20
17	[vb infin] as if it [was/were]	20
18	[v-ing] as if it [was/were]	19
19	treat as if it [was/were]	18
20	treated as if it [was/were]	18
21	[adv prt] as if it [was/were]	17
22	[adj] as if it [was/were]	16
23	seem as if it [was/were]	15
24	behave as if it [was/were]	15
25	[noun prp] as if it [was/were]	14
26	sound as if it [was/were]	13
27	looked as if it [was/were]	13
28	[to-vb] as if it [was/were]	12
29	looks as if it [was/were]	12
30	almost as if it [was/were]	11