had been fumigating
- past perfect progressive of fumigate.
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Following the direction indicated by his nod, the girls became aware of a plant by his bedside, which he had been fumigating, for his pipe was leaning against the flower-pot in which it stood.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
