Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	follow_v	good_a	work_n	2,965	5	6.2248	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13841	Laugh and lie dovvne: or, The worldes folly	Tourneur, Cyril, 1575?-1626.	1605 (1605)	STC 24148.7; ESTC S111332	21,320	44

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