Definition of 'they're'
Examples of 'they're' in a sentence
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It would be nice if spin is an area where we have the edge on them, but they're always
going to bring a competitive side.
I lie there and I listen to all four of them come into the living room, flop down,
and say with one voice they're all going to die.
They're just trying to fob people off.
If they're for fodder, our animals will have fodder.
He says we only like pandas because they're cuddly.
What if they're actually the plastic bags of the beauty industry?
They're making a survey of the site, then they're sealing it and the shopping mall
goes ahead on top of it.
Of course, that could be down to the cable they're installing in the road outside.
There's a spotter plane overhead and a guide in the water, who raises his arm to signal
which way they're moving.
If any of them misbehave, they're in the doghouse.
Example sentences from Collins dictionaries
they're out in the garden
that's them, they're coming now
they're well matched
They're selling the house.
can you make out what they're saying?
They're always going on about choice and market forces.
they're all right individually, but not together
they're off!
They're experiencing some problems.
They're playing at soldiers.
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