SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[vb past] as if [pron] [verb]	400
2	[vb past] as if [pron] [verb]	400
3	[vb past] as if [pron] [vb past]	396
4	[vb past] as if [pers pn] [verb]	374
5	[vb past] as if [pron] have	298
6	[vb past] as if [pron] had	223
7	looked as if [pron] [verb]	151
8	[vb past] as if he [verb]	132
9	[vb past] as if he [verb]	132
10	felt as if [pron] [verb]	97
11	[vb past] as if she [verb]	91
12	[vb past] as if she [verb]	91
13	[vb past] as if [pron] 'd	71
14	[vb past] as if it [verb]	57
15	[vb past] as if it [verb]	57
16	[vb past] as if they [verb]	45
17	[vb past] as if they [verb]	45
18	[vb past] as if i [verb]	35
19	[vb past] as if i [verb]	35
20	[vb past] as if [indef pn] [verb]	26
21	[vb past] as if [pron] did	19
22	[vb past] as if [pron] do	19
23	[vb past] as if someone [verb]	18
24	[vb past] as if someone [verb]	18
25	seemed as if [pron] [verb]	18
26	[vb past] as if [pron] knew	17
27	[vb past] as if [pron] know	17
28	behaved as if [pron] [verb]	16
29	sounded as if [pron] [verb]	14
30	[vb past] as if [pron] needed	10