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	time_n	1,253	5	3.1876	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26078	A theological discourse of last vvills and testaments by William Assheton.	Assheton, William, 1641-1711.	1696 (1696)	Wing A4046; ESTC R17297	32,407	122

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