3 在there be引起的句子结构中，用来修饰主语的不定式主动形式和被动形式均可。
例：There is no time to lose (= to be lost).时间紧迫。
There is nothing to see (=to be seen).看不见有什么。
There is nothing to do.(=to be done) 无事可做。
二、 结构变形：
在there be 结构中还可把be 改变从而使得there be结构有了一些改变具体总结如下：
1 There used/seem/ happen/appear to be
例：There might be snow at night.晚上可能有雪。
There appeared to be nobody willing to help.看来没人愿意帮忙。
There used to be a building here.过去这儿有一座楼房。
There happened to be a man walking by.碰巧有个人在此经过。
There doesn't seem to be much hope.好象没有太大的希望。
2 在there be的 be 前还可以加上各种情态词，
例：There must be something wrong.一定有问题。
There ought not to be so many people.不应该有这么多的人。
There might still be hope .可能还有点希望。 ”
3 在there be句型中的be还可以换成其他的动词与there连用，这些词都是表示状态的如：live stand exist remain等或用来描写某事的发生或某人的到达如come, appear, enter, follow, occur等。
例：There lived a rich man.这以前住着一个富翁。
Then there came a knock at the door.然后有人敲门。
Long, long ago, there lived a king.很久很久以前，有一个国王。
There followed a terrible noise.然后是传来了可怕的声音。
Suddenly there entered a strange man.突然进来了一个奇怪的人。
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