Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	know_v	time_n	3,481	5	3.4488	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92784	A Search after knavery, or, A visitation of the bakers. Who have we here, the jolly oven-rakers? ...		1693 (1693)	Wing S2202A; ESTC R183653	3,550	4

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