B. Common verbs followed by ‘–ing’ nouns are:
a. Verbs of liking and disliking: detest, dislike, enjoy, hate, fancy, like, love, etc. (e.g. I love swimming but I hate jogging.)
b. Verbs of saying and thinking: admit, consider, deny, imagine, remember, suggest, etc. (e.g. Our guide suggested waiting until the storm was over.)
c Other common verbs are: avoid, begin, finish, keep, miss, practise, risk, start, stop, etc. (e.g. I haven’t finished writing this letter.)
d. Phrases with mind, wouldn’t mind (= would like), don’t mind (= I am willing to), would you mind (= will you please…?) (e.g. I wouldn’t mind having some fish and chips.)
B1. also use ‘-ing’ after: give up (= stop), put off (= postpone), go on/ carry on (= continue), keep or keep on (= do something continuously or repeatedly) (e.g. I’ve given up reading newspapers. I think it’s a waste of time.)
a. with some verbs we can use the structure verb + somebody + ‘-ing’. (e.g. I can’t imagine George riding a motorbike.)
c. When we are talking about finished actions, can say having done/ stolen/ said etc. (e.g. They admitted having stolen the money), but it is not necessary to use having (done). (e.g. They admitted stealing the money.)
B2. After some of the verbs, especially admit, deny, etc., we can also use that ~. (e.g. they denied that they had stolen the money. (or They denied stealing ~))
B3. Many of these verbs are sometimes followed by the Passive form of ‘-ing’: being + past participle (being done/ seen/ keep etc.) (e.g. I don’t mind being kept waiting. (= I don’t mind people keeping me …) I don’t like being interrupted.)