Gerund and its functions

[nucvise]

You know that Gerund can function:
(a) as subject of a sentence: Dancing bored him.
(b) as complement of a verb: Her hobby is painting.
(c) after prepositions: He was accused of smuggling.
(d) after certain verbs
(e) in noun compounds: a Wiving board (a board for diving off).
What is the function of Gerund in these sentences?
1) Swithin protruded his pale round eyes with the effort of hearing (Galsworthy)
2) Не was born with the gift of winning hearts, (Gaskell)
3) She had a feeling of having been worsted . . . (Galsworthy)
4) . . . there's no chance of their getting married for years. (Galsworthy)
5) Presently there was the sound of the car being brought to the door. (Du Maurier)
6) I don't like the habit of making people wait.
7) The safe showed no signs of having been touched.

[KMI]

Gerund is used attributively (as an attribute) in all of these sentences telling you more about the nouns it comes after in each sentence, i.e., modifying or qualifying them, describing them in more detail.

She had what kind of feeling? What kind of feeling did she have?