Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	place_n	see_v	time_n	2,364	5	3.2293	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05320	Characterismi: or, Lentons leasures Expressed in essayes and characters, neuer before written on. By F.L. Gent.	Lenton, Francis, fl. 1630-1640.	1631 (1631)	STC 15463; ESTC S109394	28,544	162

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