had been birdliming

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of birdlime.
  birdlime

  noun

  a sticky material prepared from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, and smeared on twigs to catch small birds that light on it.

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