had been floodlighting

• 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 floodlight.
  floodlight

  noun

  an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.

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