Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	hear_v	lord_n	see_v	2,877	5	3.4356	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06410	Unto his Grace his Majesties High Commissioner and the right honourable the Estates of Parliament, the representation and petition of the brewers in and about Edinburgh.	Scotland. Parliament. Committee of Estates.	1698 (1698)	Wing U99I; ESTC R187654	3,140	4

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