I thanked him again for lending me а car.

Both gerunds and/or gerundial constructions can be used after the following verbs and phrases:

Verbs: agree to, apologize for, approve of, count on, blame (sb) for, boast about / of, care for, complain about / of, decide against, depend on, insist on, join in, look forward to, object to, persist in, put off, rely on, result in, save from, speak of, think of;

Phrases like be aware of, be annoyed at, be astonished at, be afraid of, be ashamed of, be capable of, be certain of, be clever at, be delighted at, be disappointed at, be excited about / at, be engaged in, be fond of, be grateful for, be guilty of, be ignorant of, be indignant at, be interested in, be involved in, be pleased (displeased) at, be proud of, be responsible for, be sorry for / about, be sure of, be surprised at, be tired of, be used to, get used to, get round to etc.

She boasted of having won.

She was aware of а chill striking upwards.

She was aware of being manipulated.

You should apologize for (his) coming late.

Imagine doing it all over again!

Can you imagine her doing it?

She is always annoyed at his banging the doors.

There are also verbs after which gerundial constructions can be used as direct objects, while gerunds are used as prepositional ones:

We cannot prevent his finding out the facts.

We cannot prevent him from finding out the facts.

I suspect something strange happening there.

I suspect them of doing these strange things.

The pronoun it can be used as a preparatory object for the gerund:

I think it no use waiting for them.

Note:

After the verbs afford and agree to only gerundial complexes can be used:

We cannot afford your spending so much money.

He will agree to our participating in the project.

5. Attribute

In this syntactic function gerunds are used in post-position to the noun they modify and are preceded with the prepositions of, for, in, to, about and others:

She had no intention of allowing the knowledge to mar her joy.

There’s no harm in asking her about it.

I didn’t have а good excuse for being late.

This is your clue to solving the problem.

In some noun phrases gerunds are used in pre-position and these noun phrases are often regarded as compound nouns. In these cases gerunds denote the functional use of the object denoted by the noun: a hunting knife, cooking utensils, a frying pan, etc.

6. Adverbial modifier

а) of time

In this syntactic function gerunds are preceded by the prepositions after, before, on (upon), in, at, since (the perfect forms of the gerund are not, as a rule, used in this syntactic function as the prepositions show the time correlation of the action denoted by the gerund and that denoted by the finite form of the verb):

After waiting all that dark November morning in the overcrowded surgery, Milly had in the end seen the exhausted young doctor.

On entering the dark alley she stopped puzzled.

At seeing the roses Judy felt herself absolutely happy.

She has been sad since receiving this letter.

The preposition after shows that the action or state denoted by the Gerund precedes those of the finite verb; the preposition before shows that the action or state denoted by the finite verb precedes those of the Gerund; the prepositions on and upon are used to show a succession of actions; the preposition at shows that the actions or states denoted by the Gerund are almost simultaneous with those expressed by the finite verb; the preposition in shows that action or state denoted by the finite verb took place while the action denoted by the Gerund was carried out. The preposition since shows the starting point of the action denoted by the finite verb.

b) of manner

In this syntactic function gerunds are preceded by the prepositions by, in:

By creeping into the furthermost corner, Milly found а little protection from the spray.

She spent the whole day in cleaning and scrubbing.

с) of attendant circumstances

In this syntactic function gerunds are preceded by the preposition without, besides, in addition to, instead of:

And without waiting for an answer she darted off into the damp, windowless cavern.

Besides trying to become a writer she also worked with a small law firm.

You’d better think it over instead of arguing.

d) of purpose

The gerund is used to speak about the purpose in general. In this syntactic function gerunds are preceded by the preposition for:

Half-glasses hung around her neck, for reading the menu.

е) of condition

In this syntactic function gerunds are preceded by the preposition without or the phrase in case of: