SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	27
2	[adv] as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	13
3	be as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	11
4	[be] as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	11
5	[pron] as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	10
6	[noun] as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	10
7	[pers pn] as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	10
8	[vb past] as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	8
9	[not/n't] as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	7
10	not as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	7
11	[was/were] as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	7
12	was as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	7
13	look as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	6
14	[vb base] as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	5
15	[noun pl] as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	5
16	[adv] as if [pers pn] [adv] [verb]	5
17	as if [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [verb]	443
18	as if [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [verb]	369
19	as if [pers pn] have [adv] [verb]	303
20	as if [pers pn] had [adv] [verb]	200
21	as if [pers pn] [be] [adv] [verb]	177
22	as if [pers pn] be [adv] [verb]	177
23	as if [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [verb]	140
24	as if [pers pn] do [adv] [verb]	132
25	as if [pers pn] did [adv] [verb]	113
26	as if [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb]	108
27	as if [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [verb]	108
28	as if [pers pn] were [adv] [verb]	84
29	as if [pers pn] was [adv] [verb]	56
30	as if [pers pn] could [adv] [verb]	51