had been hoovering

• 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 hoover.
  hoover

  verb (used with object)

  to clean with a vacuum cleaner.

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• absorb
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