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	way_n	852	5	4.1473	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87676	A sermon preached at the assizes held for the county of Cornwall, at Lanceston, March xviii. MDCLXXXV. By Nicolas Kendall, A.M. and Rector of Sheviock in Cornwall	[Kendall, Nicholas, fl. 1686]	1686 (1686)	Wing K288A; ESTC R230349	9,241	27

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