how about this sentence?

After breakfast, before we'd had time to scatter.

Is that we would?

One way to tell is to read the sentences aloud to yourself without the contraction. It'll be obvious to you.

After breakfast, before we had had time to scatter ...

or

After breakfast, before we would had time to scatter ...

The first one (had) makes the verb into the past perfect tense.
The second one is a verb combination that doesn't exist!!

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/tense_frames.htm

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thanks so much.

After breakfast, before we would had time to scatter ... I don't know but I think it might be either have had or yours.... Had had

It has to be "had had" since "would had" is not a verb combo in English. ("Would have" is a recognized verb combo, though.)

The whole thing is not a complete sentence, though. It would be helpful to see the whole sentence.

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Based on the information provided, it seems like the correct phrase to use in the sentence "After breakfast, before we'd had time to scatter" is "we would have had" instead of "we'd had". "We'd" is a contraction of "we had" or "we would", but in this case, "we would" does not make sense in the sentence. To determine the correct phrase, you can try reading the sentence aloud without the contraction to see which option sounds more appropriate.

Additionally, it is worth noting that the sentence provided is not complete, and it would be helpful to see the entire sentence to provide a more accurate analysis.