admit, anticipate, appreciate, avoid, delay, deny, discuss, enjoy, escape, fancy, finish, forgive, give up, involve, keep, mention, mind, miss, postpone, practise, prevent, put off, quit, recall, recollect, report, resent, resist, risk, save, stand, suggest, tolerate, understand etc.

After being stopped by the police, George admitted having consumed two pints of beer.
We anticipated having difficulty finding candidates with the right qualifications.
We do appreciate your taking time from your busy schedule to come to Hungary.
He tried to avoid meeting her.
I was so tired that I delayed getting up on Saturday morning.
Cecil denied stealing the camera.
We discussed going out to the countryside and buying a donkey.
Geoffrey doesn’t enjoy being treated like a child.
His sons left the country to escape going to the army.
Say, what do you fancy eating?
Finish washing up and then you can mop the floor.
Forgive my saying so, but your attitude to work has been pretty criminal lately.
Could you give up smoking?
Leadership involves doing things rather than merely talking about them.
Why do you keep teasing me?
You mentioned going to Italy last summer. How was it?
Take your time, I don’t mind waiting.
I really miss taking photos with an analogue camera.
We had to postpone flying to Thailand.
In this class students practise writing formal letters.
I wanted to prevent ending up in the same situation again.
We had to put off flying to Thailand.
I was put off eating meat when I saw footage of a pig being slaughtered.
Why did she quit going to church?
The witness said he didn’t recall seeing that car before.
I cannot recollect sleeping in a drawer though my mom swears all of us children did.
One in five workers in the country reported being very or extremely stressed by their work.
Timothy deeply resented having been taken advantage of by his boss.
I couldn’t resist having another cinnamon bun.
So as not to risk being fired, the workers ended the strike.
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How can you stand being with your kids so many hours a day?
The guide suggested visiting the Royal Palace.
Could you tolerate being alone for an entire week?
I can understand waiting for the right guy for years, but you’ve been single for a decade.

The gerund used in compound nouns
The use of gerunds Prepositional verbs followed by the gerund