Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	begin_v	great_a	time_n	1,599	5	3.2122	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48756	A lively pourtraict of our new-cavaliers, commonly called Presbyterians clearly shewing that His Majesty came not in upon their account : in a compendious narrative of our late revolutions.		1661 (1661)	Wing L2594; ESTC R21337	10,256	15

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