SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	102
2	[be] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	95
3	be [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	95
4	[is] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	60
5	[vb past] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	48
6	's [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	43
7	[noun] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	37
8	[was/were] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	35
9	was [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	35
10	[noun sg] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	28
11	[v-ing] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	22
12	[pron] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	18
13	[adv] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	18
14	[pers pn] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	18
15	is [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	17
16	[adv] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	11
17	[vb base] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	11
18	carry [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	10
19	go [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	10
20	[conj] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	10
21	look [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	9
22	[coord] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	9
23	[vb -s] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	7
24	and [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	7
25	[vb infin] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	7
26	and [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	7
27	she [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	6
28	[noun pl] [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	6
29	her [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	6
30	hand [adv] as if [pron] [verb]	6