had been valeting
- past perfect progressive of valet.
Example Sentences
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I supposed that while he had been valeting old Worplesdon she must have trodden on his toes in some way.
From A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)