SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] as if [pers pn] [verb]	990
2	look as if [pers pn] [verb]	417
3	[vb past] as if [pers pn] [verb]	374
4	[noun] as if [pers pn] [verb]	357
5	[adv] as if [pers pn] [verb]	326
6	[noun sg] as if [pers pn] [verb]	258
7	be as if [pers pn] [verb]	214
8	[be] as if [pers pn] [verb]	214
9	[adv] as if [pers pn] [verb]	211
10	feel as if [pers pn] [verb]	158
11	looked as if [pers pn] [verb]	143
12	[was/were] as if [pers pn] [verb]	139
13	was as if [pers pn] [verb]	139
14	[vb pp] as if [pers pn] [verb]	135
15	[vb -s] as if [pers pn] [verb]	129
16	[vb base] as if [pers pn] [verb]	126
17	[pron] as if [pers pn] [verb]	106
18	[vb infin] as if [pers pn] [verb]	104
19	[pers pn] as if [pers pn] [verb]	103
20	felt as if [pers pn] [verb]	89
21	looks as if [pers pn] [verb]	83
22	sound as if [pers pn] [verb]	80
23	almost as if [pers pn] [verb]	79
24	almost as if [pers pn] [verb]	79
25	[v-ing] as if [pers pn] [verb]	76
26	[is] as if [pers pn] [verb]	72
27	[noun pl] as if [pers pn] [verb]	71
28	[not/n't] as if [pers pn] [verb]	58
29	not as if [pers pn] [verb]	57
30	[adv prt] as if [pers pn] [verb]	57