| He foisted the box of worthless gadgets back onto Katie then did a quick reconnoitre of their current position. |
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| Once he declared the aircraft safe, I completed a final reconnoitre of the site to 50m out from the wreckage. |
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| A further reconnoitre involved canoeing the perimeter of Loch Morlich to check out the possibilities. |
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| After interrogation it was discovered that their mission had been to reconnoitre the base for an attack within 72 hours. |
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| Young men leaving school and university this year are starting now to reconnoitre, to survey, and to choose their places in the world. |
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| We went to reconnoitre the last seventy kilometers of the new route of the Flèche Wallonne. |
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| However, the general would exercise caution until he was able to reconnoitre, so he considered other options such as launching an attack upriver. |
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| They moved at high speed, often with motorcycle combinations, ahead of the panzer divisions, to reconnoitre routes and maintain the momentum of the assault. |
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| If accosted on a reconnoitre, they claimed they were looking for scrap. |
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| A quick reconnoitre seems the best idea before finding somewhere to eat. |
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| The raiders' modus operandi was – and remains – quite simple: a plain old smash-and-grab following an intense reconnoitre. |
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| St Vincent sent him on to Toulon with a small force to reconnoitre French activities. |
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| There are opportunities for customers to handle and compare merchandise, to reconnoitre the goods before making the final commitment, and also to seek support thereafter too. |
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| In 1935 an expedition led by Shipton was sent to reconnoitre the mountain, explore the western approaches, and discover more about monsoon conditions. |
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| The tasks of the Bundeswehr, based on a robust mandate, are to conduct the maritime operation, reconnoitre and monitor the sea lanes and divert any suspicious vessels. |
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| For each convoy, one has to reconnoitre and calculate the route anew. |
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| The Sunni caliph Mansur, whose new empire stretched from India to the Atlantic, sailed up and down the Tigris to reconnoitre a place for his home. |
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| As the aviator turned his machine to reconnoitre in the new direction, he was surprised to see the hostile aeroplane between him and his objective. |
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