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	lord_n	people_n	2,163	5	4.6392	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14151	The practyse of prelates. Compyled by the faythfull and godly learned man, Wyllyam Tyndale	Tyndale, William, d. 1536.	1548 (1548)	STC 24466; ESTC S105209	56,056	134

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