Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bring_v	good_a	time_n	1,982	5	3.2753	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04027	A pretie and mery new enterlude: called the Disobedient child. Compiled by Thomas Ingelend late student in Cambridge; Disobedient child	Ingelend, Thomas.	1570 (1570)	STC 14085; ESTC S107422	26,583	64

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