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Definition

they'd /ðeÇd/ short form ၁။ they had. ❍ HAVE ၂။ they would. ❍ WILL model v , WOULD

Examples

1. ‘I wish they'd divorced years and years before
2. because I think he would have been a happy man.’
3. ‘So they wouldn't say that they'd cooked a meal for their girlfriend or gone to see a film with their boyfriend.’
4. ‘They argued that they'd given him every opportunity to put his side of the story.’
5. ‘After meeting everybody
6. each person wrote down those they'd been attracted to.’
7. ‘Half an hour later four of the nine absent jurors arrived to the news that they'd been fined.’
8. ‘He said he would have fired the officers even if they'd been acquitted of all charges.’
9. ‘You'd have thought they'd never seen a naked man before
10. but then that's booze for you.’
11. ‘I charitably overlooked the fact this cost slightly more than they'd given me.’
12. ‘She said that those ladies must have been lying when they'd promised their support.’
13. ‘I had a bit of a hangover because Bruce
14. Pam and I had polished off a couple of beers when they'd got back.’
15. ‘Someone last week left me a comment to say that they'd typed in the URL as printed in their newspaper.’
16. ‘One day at school
17. someone turned up with a box of records they said they'd found at Lime Street station.’
18. ‘From their accents
19. it was apparent that they'd come down from Scotland to take part in the event.’
20. ‘No one else they'd ever employed had been able to do what she did as quickly as she did.’
21. ‘Through no fault of their own
22. they'd just fallen through some of the gaps in our system.’
23. ‘Then
24. ages after they'd arrived
25. the crew got water to come out of the hose.’
26. ‘Loud snores drifted over from one side of the room as someone had become so relaxed they'd fallen asleep.’
27. ‘She said she'd let me know the next day when they'd made a decision on who to hire.’
28. ‘Perhaps they'd be in a better position now
29. if they'd taken the risk of opposition seriously.’
30. ‘Police said yesterday they'd been unable to go onto the site on Tuesday night because of its dangers.’