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had been baiting
  • past perfect progressive of bait.

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Once the pole was extended by Bumpus, just to show his mates how he had been baiting the awful looking thing.

From The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine by Carter, Herbert

But, prior to these utterances of October, the brethren had been baiting Mary. 

From John Knox and the Reformation by Lang, Andrew