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The typical structure of the "There be" sentence pattern is "There is/are + something/someone + somewhere/sometime", indicating the existence of something or someone at a certain place or time. The "There be" sentence pattern is commonly used in English to express the presence of people or things, or the existence of something in a particular location.
1. When the noun following the verb "be" is a singular countable noun or an uncountable noun, "be" should be in the singular form "is"; when the noun is a plural countable noun, "be" is used in the plural form "are".
2. If there are several parallel nouns following "There be" as complements, the form of the verb "be" agrees in number with the noun closest to it.
3. The verb "be" in the "There be" sentence pattern can be used in the present simple tense, past simple tense, future tense, and perfect tense.
4. The "There be" sentence pattern can be used in conjunction with various auxiliary verbs and modal verbs.
5. The "There be" sentence pattern can also be used with predicates such as "be going to", "seem to", "appear to", "used to", "be likely to", "happen to", etc.
6. In addition to "be", other verbs can also be used in the "There be" structure.
7. The negative form of the "There be" sentence pattern is constructed by placing the negative adverb "not" after "be".
8. For a general question in the "There be" sentence pattern, "be" is placed before the subject "there", and the answer is given with "yes" or "no" followed by a simple response.
9. Special questions in the "There be" sentence pattern are mainly introduced by "how many" or "how much".
10. When the "There be" structure is used as the object of a sentence, "there to be" is commonly used.