Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	find_v	good_a	time_n	1,489	5	3.3834	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44558	Strange news from Staffordshire being a true relation of two bloody murders committed by one Andrew Sympson, upon the bodies of a young man and a young woman.	Horsley, Thomas, Mr.; Stains, Samuel. aut	1679 (1679)	Wing H2871; ESTC R213452	2,574	6

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