there be的非限定形式

there be的非限定形式是there to be和there being，主要用來(lái)做介詞或動(dòng)詞的賓語(yǔ)、主語(yǔ)或狀語(yǔ)。如：

Have you ever thought of there being so many interesting films for you to choose from?沒(méi)想到過(guò)有這么多有趣的電影供你選擇吧？

John was relying on there being another opportunity. 約翰相信另有機(jī)會(huì)。

There being a bus stop so near my house is a great advantage. 有公交車停在離我房子這么近的地方是很大的優(yōu)勢(shì)。

There having been no rain, the ground was dry. 由于沒(méi)有下雨，地上很干燥。

It’s unusual for there to be so few people in the street. (=It’s unusual that there are so few people in the street) 這條街上這么少的人是不尋常的(from www.yygrammar)。

It was too late for there to be any subways. 太晚了，不會(huì)有地鐵了。

Would you like there to be a meeting to discuss the problem? 你們要開個(gè)會(huì)討論一下這個(gè)問(wèn)題嗎?

I don’t want there to be a simple mistake in the article that I have written. 我不想我寫的這篇文章中有錯(cuò)誤。

I except there to be no argument about this. 我期限望對(duì)此事沒(méi)有爭(zhēng)論的。

注：there to be常做like, expect, mean, want, intend, prefer, hate等的復(fù)合賓語(yǔ)。