四、 there be句式的非限定形式。
There be 的非限定形式有两种，即there to be 和there being。需要掌握以下几个情况：
1作主语
当作主语时，一般是There being结构，当句式中有for时，一般用there to be如：
There being a shop here is a great advantage.
这儿有个商店，真是方便极了。
There being a house with a garden is of great value.
拥有花园的房子是很有价值的。
It is impossible for there to be any more.
不可能再有了。
2 作宾语
作动词宾语时，一般用there to be 结构。常见动词有：expect, mean, intend want, prefer等：
We expect there to be no argument.我们希望不会出现争吵。
People don't want there to be anther war.人们不希望再有战争。
作介词的宾语一般用There being句式，但当是for时一般用there to be句式。
This depended on there being a sudden change. 这需要有一个突然的改变。
The teacher was waiting for there to be complete silence.老师在等着大家都安静下来。
3 作状语
用作状语的there be的形式通常用therebeing结构。
There being no buses, we had to walk home.
由于没有公共汽车，我们不得不走着回家。
There being no nobody in the room, we realized that there was no use crying.
屋里没人，我们意识到哭喊是没有用的。
There being nothing else to do, we went home happily.
由于没事可做，我们快乐地回家了。
注意：如果句中出现for时应用there to be。
It was too late for there to be any buses.
太晚了，没有公共汽车了。
练习：
1 ______ a reading lamp on the table.
A There is B There has C It is D It has
2 What a rainy summer we’ve had!
Yes, there______ only 3 sunny weekends the whole summer.
A have been B are C had been D has been
3 I didn't want _____ to be a war between these two countries.
A it B them C there D their
4 There is reported ______a number of the wounded on both sides.
A to be B being C was D will be
5 ______ no coffee left, they had to make do with tea.
A It being B There being C It was D There was
6 There is a little hope of ______ a settlement of the argument.
A to be B there to be C there being D being
7 I don't expect there ______ any misunderstanding.
A is B to be C being D will be
8 There are five pairs______ , but I’m at a loss which to buy.
A to choose B to choose from C to be chosen D for my choosing
9 There is no use______ a lot without ______ anything.
A to talk, do B talked, doing C talking, being done D talking, doing
10 If the storm had happened in the day-time, there ______ many more deaths.
A were B would have been C had been D would be
11 Look! ______.
A There comes the bus B There the bus comes C The bus comes here D There does the bus come
12 ______ Mary with a baby in here arms just when I was about to leave.
A There enter B There entered C Entered there D There entered into
13 There are a lot of people ______ for the bus to come.
A waiting B to wait C waited D is waiting
14 The little girl is afraid to enter the house, because ______ a big dog at the gate.
A lies there B lays there C there lies D there lays
15 About twenty-three centuries ago, ______.
A there lived in Greece a great thinker who called Aristotle
B a great thinker lived in Greece calling Aristotle
C lived there in Greece a great thinker called Aristotle
D there lived in Greece a great thinker named Aristotle
16 ______ plenty of water in this river.
A There used to being B There used to be C There is used to being D There was used to be
17 What a pity, my new computer doesn't work. ______ must be something wrong with it.
A It B There C This D That
18______ no need for us to discuss the problem again since it has already been settled.
A It has B There has C It is D There is
19 Let’s get through the work quickly. ______ seems to be little time left now.
A It B That C There D we
20 ______appeared to be a war between his heart and his mind.
A There B It C Where D What
答案：
1A 2A 3C 4A 5B 6C 7B 8B 9D 10B 11A 12B 13A 14C 15D 16B 17B 18D 19C 20A