you'd
American-
contraction of you had:
Sorry we missed you—you'd already left by the time we arrived.
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contraction of you would:
You'd be foolish to pass up such an offer.
contraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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"If you phoned, you'd be in a queue, and you could wait forever," she says.
From BBC
Monét X Change has admitted that when she did get to the salmon first, she took as much as she could, because you didn’t know when you’d get another chance.
From Salon
“You can get a week’s vacation and dental work and still come out ahead of what you’d be paying in the U.S.,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
Ceballos is “conscientious and he has facilities that are as clean and sterile and as medically up to date as anything you’d find in the U.S.,” said Lane, who had driven his wife down from San Diego for a new crown.
From Los Angeles Times
"It was chaotic back in the day, you'd be queued out the door," he recalls.
From BBC
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