Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	ask_v	see_v	tell_v	899	5	4.5492	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70564	An impartial account of Mr. John Mason of Water-Stratford, and his sentiments by H. Maurice ...	Maurice, Henry, 1648-1691.	1695 (1695)	Wing M1358; ESTC R3723	33,266	78

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