Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bring_v	great_a	life_n	974	5	3.9373	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15836	A sermon preached at Great Yarmouth, vpon VVednesday, the 12. of September. 1599 by W. Yonger ... ; the argument whereof was chosen to minister instructions vnto the people, vpon occasion of those present troubles, which then were feared by the Spaniards.	Yonger, William.	1600 (1600)	STC 26097.5; ESTC S1754	32,517	88

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