SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [adv] like a [noun]	424
2	be [adv] like a [noun]	227
3	[be] [adv] like a [noun]	227
4	[vb past] [adv] like a [noun]	148
5	look [adv] like a [noun]	124
6	[is] [adv] like a [noun]	122
7	[adv] [adv] like a [noun]	101
8	[vb -s] [adv] like a [noun]	91
9	[noun] [adv] like a [noun]	83
10	[was/were] [adv] like a [noun]	80
11	was [adv] like a [noun]	73
12	[v-ing] [adv] like a [noun]	70
13	[adv] [adv] like a [noun]	69
14	is [adv] like a [noun]	65
15	's [adv] like a [noun]	57
16	[noun sg] [adv] like a [noun]	55
17	[conj] [adv] like a [noun]	51
18	looked [adv] like a [noun]	49
19	[pron] [adv] like a [noun]	46
20	[coord] [adv] like a [noun]	43
21	looks [adv] like a [noun]	41
22	[vb pp] [adv] like a [noun]	38
23	sound [adv] like a [noun]	37
24	[pers pn] [adv] like a [noun]	35
25	[vb infin] [adv] like a [noun]	35
26	and [adv] like a [noun]	33
27	and [adv] like a [noun]	33
28	[vb base] [adv] like a [noun]	31
29	feel [adv] like a [noun]	30
30	[adv prt] [adv] like a [noun]	30