Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	place_n	see_v	2,893	5	3.1798	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02149	[The speech of ...] who was shot to death in the Isle of Man, [the 2. of Jan. 1662]		1662 (1662)	Wing C3937B; ESTC R233462	3,475	1

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