SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] as if [pers pn] [verb] [noun]	28
2	look as if [pers pn] [verb] [noun]	13
3	[noun] as if [pers pn] [verb] [noun]	11
4	[vb past] as if [pers pn] [verb] [noun]	9
5	[noun sg] as if [pers pn] [verb] [noun]	9
6	looked as if [pers pn] [verb] [noun]	5
7	[vb pp] as if [pers pn] [verb] [noun]	5
8	[adv] as if [pers pn] [verb] [noun]	5
9	as if [pers pn] [be] [verb] [noun]	86
10	as if [pers pn] be [verb] [noun]	86
11	as if [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [noun]	74
12	as if [pers pn] were [verb] [noun]	49
13	as if [pers pn] [verb] [verb] [noun]	35
14	as if [pers pn] have [verb] [noun]	28
15	as if [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] [noun]	26
16	as if [pers pn] was [verb] [noun]	25
17	as if [pers pn] had [verb] [noun]	18
18	as if [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [noun]	14
19	as if [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [noun]	14
20	as if [pers pn] [am/are] [verb] [noun]	10
21	as if [pers pn] [vb base] [verb] [noun]	9
22	as if [pers pn] could [verb] [noun]	6
23	as if [pers pn] 've [verb] [noun]	6
24	as if [pers pn] could [verb] [noun]	6
25	as if [pers pn] [verb] [art] [noun]	149
26	as if [pers pn] [verb] [art] [noun]	149
27	as if [pers pn] [verb] the [noun]	63
28	as if [pers pn] [verb] the [noun]	63
29	as if [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun]	60
30	as if [pers pn] [verb] a [noun]	56