were surveying

Past progressiveconjugation ofsurvey.There are other translations for this conjugation.

survey

The human rights defender and community leaders were surveying the lands to which the community has been granted access in a 2013 injunction.	El defensor de derechos humanos y los líderes de la comunidad estaban monitoreando la devolución efectiva de las tierras sobre las cuales la comunidad ganó acceso gracias a una orden legal emitida en 2013.
They were surveying the railway, I think.	Estaban inspeccionando el ferrocarril, creo.
In June 2002, they confiscated four vehicles and detained eleven electricity company employees who were surveying their land.	A mediados del año confiscaron cuatro vehículos y retuvieron a once empleados de la Compañía de Luz y de otra empresa, que hacían trabajos de prospección en sus tierras.
Two hours later, as she and her daughter were surveying their crops, two DINOES agents came onto her land and told her she should not be growing there as it was not her property.	Dos horas mas tarde, mientras ella y su hija cuidaban de sus cultivos, dos oficiales de DINOES entraron en su tierra y les dijeron que no deberían cultivar porque aquella no era su propiedad.
Two hours later, as she and her daughter were surveying their crops, two DINOES agents came onto her land and told her she should not be growing there as it was not her property.	Dos horas mas tarde, mientras ella y su hija estaban viendo sus cultivos, dos oficiales de DINOES entraron en su tierra y les dijeron que no deberían cultivar por que no era de su propiedad.