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had been questing
  • past perfect progressive of quest.

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After all, Pete got to have his family again, Roger got to be with the sort of woman he had been questing after the entire show.

From Forbes • May 17, 2015

His room-mate, a conductor on the P. R. R., was a globe-trotter, and through him Carl met the Adventurers, whom he had been questing ever since he had run away from Oscar Ericson's woodshed.

From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Lewis, Sinclair

What she really had been questing was some one to share them with her.

From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair

It was he, John Keith, who had been questing and yearning and hoping.

From The River's End by Curwood, James Oliver