there be 换成非谓语为there being。there be 句型表示“存在”，例如There are many students playing on the playground.在这个句子中there are 是谓语部分。再看看并比较下面there be 作谓语和非谓语的情况，好好体会一下：There was no bus， so I had to walk home.这是主从复合句，连接词为so.如果没有连词so， there be 就要用非谓形式了，即There being no bus， I had to walk home.