Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	know_v	time_n	1,768	5	3.3110	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07979	The vnfortunate mother a tragedie. Never acted; but set downe according to the intention of the author Thomas Nabbes.	Nabbes, Thomas, 1605?-1645?	1640 (1640)	STC 18346; ESTC S113067	29,519	74

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