Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	day_n	time_n	week_n	2,306	5	9.4790	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30652	Colonel Joseph Bamfield's Apologie written by himself and printed at his desire.	Bampfield, Joseph, fl. 1639-1685.	1685 (1685)	Wing B618; ESTC R16264	58,236	72

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