"a common scene" is grammatically correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in a similar way to how you would use "a common sight" or "a familiar scene". For example, "The village street was a common scene; vendors sat under umbrellas awaiting customers."
With 80 per cent of petrol stations shut now, queues are again a common scene at those which remain open.
It showed police officers harassing and arresting young women and men over their clothing — a common scene since the revolution.
Just yesterday I saw a woman nonchalantly toss part of her candy wrapper onto the sidewalk, a common scene.
It is a common scene at teaching hospitals today: young doctors ignoring physical examination to the chagrin of their supervisors.
It's a common scene these days, one playing out in cars, kitchens and bedrooms across the country.
The police are famously brutal, but they, too, suffer from tropical torpor: a common scene is a group of police officers napping in the back of a truck.
Then, there's a passing milkmaid, perhaps glancing at a very common scene, and we know the milk pail is full.
It is a grimly common scene - objects thrown on the pitch, games ending early, because of what are usually referred to as "incidents".
This leads to a very common scene from my hangovers: After two bites of $24 breakfast followed by 40 minutes of holding my head and peering into my half-drunk orange juice looking for answers, a server will come by and ask if I need anything, to which I will respond, "Please, can I take this to go?
No neighborhood, street or corner, it seemed, was spared the common scene of a mother wailing over her dead son, his body wrapped in the Iraqi flag.
