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Meanings of surveying the scene in English

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Usage of surveying the scene in English
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As they were surveying the scene, Malachi and Martin came to them.
The Settlers in Canada
2
Journalists should be surveying the scene for developments we need to know about.
Radio NZ
3
Multiple store windows were smashed and police stood atop vehicles surveying the scene.
Reuters
4
I am only surveying the scene where the first bodies fell.
News.com.au
5
My fancy quietly surveying the scene, is subject to none of these embarrassments.
Prue and I
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He ran straight into Ford Prefect who was standing there surveying the scene.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
7
Tad had hurried over to the place where he stood gloomily surveying the scene.
The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon; Or, The Mystery of Brig...
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The master sits on a high chair, surveying the scene.
A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
9
Jane, with her hair disheveled, stood ruefully surveying the scene.
The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea; Or, The Loss of The Lonesome ...
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As the mate was surveying the scene of ruin, Jack and Harry joined him.
Facing the World
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Jack wanted to leave as minimal a footprint as possible while still surveying the scene.
Death angel
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The reason apparently was a magpie-looking bird perched in a nearby tree surveying the scene.
The Irish Times
13
They turned their heads, and beheld the hope of Raynham on horseback surveying the scene.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 2
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He stood there dripping, surveying the scene before him.
The skein of lament
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He glances over, casually surveying the scene, then sees us and stops in his tracks.
Back on murder
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One of them had been standing beside the gun surveying the scene through field glasses.
The forgotten soldier
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Surveying the scene through the time
Surveying the scene across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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