1 Your having written is really no excuse for your not coming on the day fixed.
2 The motor was carefully examined before starting.
3 I am very pleased to meet you after hearing so much about you.
4 Your hair wants cutting.
5 I shall look forward to seeing you again.
6 Building this school will cost too much money.
7 Sleeping is necessary.
8 We felt so disappointed at your having missed nearly half the programme.
9 It was no use talking about it any longer.
10 Are you dressed for going out?
11 I hate the idea of doing it once more.
12 But you don’t mind being asked to help us, do you?
13 She blamed herself for having been a dull companion.
2 The motor was carefully examined before starting.
3 I am very pleased to meet you after hearing so much about you.
4 Your hair wants cutting.
5 I shall look forward to seeing you again.
6 Building this school will cost too much money.
7 Sleeping is necessary.
8 We felt so disappointed at your having missed nearly half the programme.
9 It was no use talking about it any longer.
10 Are you dressed for going out?
11 I hate the idea of doing it once more.
12 But you don’t mind being asked to help us, do you?
13 She blamed herself for having been a dull companion.
1 The singing of those beautiful folk songs impressed me greatly.
2 Such doings can hardly be explained.
3 Then came a general lighting of pipes and cigars.
4 The forest resounded with the hooting of owls and the howling of wolves.
2 Such doings can hardly be explained.
3 Then came a general lighting of pipes and cigars.
4 The forest resounded with the hooting of owls and the howling of wolves.