Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	find_v	great_a	1,455	5	2.6101	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20825	The legend of great Cromvvel. By Michael Drayton Esquier	Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631.	1607 (1607)	STC 7204; ESTC S105399	16,702	48

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