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they'd

[theyd]

  1. contraction of they had.

  2. contraction of they would.



they'd

/ ðɪ /

contraction

  1. they would or they had

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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On a visit to south Wales on Friday, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she had given the Welsh government "everything they'd asked for" which prompted Plaid Cymru to accuse Eluned Morgan and Welsh Secretary, Jo Stevens, of lacking ambition for Wales.

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There are people my mother’s age, who went out for a picnic, believing they’d rather be killed by an Israeli airstrike than live their lives afraid of them.

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"They could make all of the music without the get-up and I think they'd still do well," he says.

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Mr and Mrs Ross were looking for an investment opportunity, and thought they'd found the perfect solution when they came across Malton Grange Country Park, a static caravan site in North Yorkshire.

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But soon after leaving, they were shocked to see their lodge back up for sale, in exactly the same lakeside spot, for £110,000 - £87,000 more than they'd been paid for it.

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