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	know_v	let_v	1,028	5	3.6043	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28916	Plaine English, or, A discourse concerning the accommodation, the armie, the association	Bowles, Edward, 1613-1662.	1643 (1643)	Wing B3878; ESTC R9421	29,388	30

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