had been steeplechasing

• 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 steeplechase.
  steeplechase

  noun

  a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.

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