Is it possible to use a bare infinitive for the object of an "of"?

Question

For example, "I described the scene of him drive away."

Answer 1

I described the scene of him drive away.

should be:

• I described the scene of him/his driving away."

That said, I would write that sentence like this:

• I described the scene in which he drives away.

driving away is a gerund phrase, in the prepositional phrase introduced by of.

a gerund phrase is basically a type of noun phrase.

Other examples: playing tennis going out finishing work

Here are examples of one after the preposition of and about:

• The story of his playing tennis on that roof court was so funny.

• The lie about his going out was terrible.

So, no, a bare infinitive does not work, a gerund is needed.