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We can use the passive form of the gerund.
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He was punished by being sent to the prison.
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The safe showed no signs of having been touched.
Verb + gerund / infinitive
The following verbs make take either infinitive or gerund,
Advise, agree, allow, begin, can/could bear, cease, continue, forget, hate, intend, like, love, mean, need,
permit, prefer, propose, recommend, regret, remember, require, start, stop, try, used to, want.
The exressions,
Be ashamed of, be afraid (of), be sorry (for), care for, go on.
Verbs take infinitive or gerund without change of meaning.
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