Significa 'haber' (de existir). There + be se utiliza para hablar acerca de la existencia de algo, por lo tanto, ubicamos el sujeto real después del verbo.
There is (singular) - hay
There are (plural) - hay
There was (singular) - hubo, había
There were (plural) - hubo, había
- There is a lighthouse on the beach.Hay un faro en la playa.
 - There is a store round the corner.Hay una tienda a la vuelta de la esquina.
 - There are two houses near the station.Hay dos casas cerca de la estación.
 - There are three schools in this town.Hay tres escuelas en esta ciudad.
 - There was a party last night.Hubo una fiesta anoche.
 - There was a kitten in the basket.Había un gatito en la canasta.
 - There were many people at the concert.Había mucha gente en el recital.
 - There were many accidents last night.Hubo muchos accidentes anoche.
 
There has been (singular) - ha habido
There have been (plural) - ha habido 
There had been - había habido 
- There has been a hurricane.Ha habido un huracán.
 - There has been a burglary.Ha habido un robo en la casa.
 - There have been two calls.Ha habido dos llamados.
 - There have been some problems lately.Ha habido algunos problemas últimamente.
 - There had been many robberies in this neighborhood.Había habido muchos robos en este barrio.
 - There had been lack of communication between Sam and Linda.Había habido falta de comunicación entre Sam y Linda.
 
There will be - habrá 
There will have been - habrá habido 
There would be - habría 
There would have been - habría habido 
- There will be a party tonight.Habrá una fiesta esta noche.
 - There will be five guests to dinner tomorrow.Habrá cinco invitados a cenar mañana.
 - There will have been much money in the safe.Habrá habido mucho dinero en la caja fuerte.
 - There will have been a letter from Anne in the mail.Habrá habido una carta de Anne en el correo.
 - There would be a live orchestra at the wedding.Habría una orsta en vivo en el casamiento.
 - There would be some news from the summit meeting.Habría noticias de la reunión cumbre.
 - There would have been many musicians playing Carmen.Habría habido muchos músicos interpretando Carmen.
 - There would have been many people at the zoo.Habría habido mucha gente en el zoológico.
 
There can be - Puede haber 
There could be - podría / pudo haber 
There may be - Puede haber 
There might be - podría haber 
- There can be a fire.Puede haber un incendio.
 - There can be an earthquake in San Francisco.Puede haber un terremoto en San Francisco.
 - There could be many injured people.Pudo haber muchos heridos.
 - There could be no answer from Helen.Podría no haber respuesta de Helen.
 - There may be a storm.Puede haber una tormenta.
 - There may be a flood in this area.Puede haber una inundación en esta zona.
 - There might be blackouts tonight.Podría haber apagones esta noche.
 - There might be a food shortage next week.Podría haber una escasez de alimentos la semana próxima.
 
There should be - debería haber 
There must be - debe haber 
- There should be a warning.Debería haber una advertencia.
 - There should be someone watching that child.Debería haber alguien vigilando a ese niño.
 - There must be a way out.Debe haber una salida.
 - There must be a mistake.Debe haber un error.
 
There could have been - podría/pudo haber habido 
There might have been - podría haber habido 
There should have been - debería haber habido 
There must have been - debe haber habido 
- There could have been a mistake.Podría haber habido un error.
 - There could have been a failure in the airplane.Pudo haber habido una avería en el avión.
 - There might have been an explosion.Podría haber habido una explosión.
 - There might have been a car crash.Podría haber habido un choque.
 - There should have been warnings.Debería haber habido advertencias.
 - There should have been a report from the chairman.Debería haber habido un informe del presidente.
 - There must have been an error.Debe haber habido un error.
 - There must have been a theft.Debe haber habido un hurto.
 
There has to be - Tiene que haber (singular) 
There have to be - Tiene que haber (plural) 
There had to be - tuvo / tenía haber 
- There has to be a solution.Tiene que haber una solución.
 - There has to be some news from Jack.Tiene que haber noticias de Jack.
 - There have to be several solutions.Tiene que haber varias soluciones.
 - There have to be many good ideas.Tiene que haber muchas ideas buenas.
 - There had to be a cause.Tuvo que haber una causa.
 - There had to be a reason.Tenía que haber una razón.
 
There has to have been - tiene que haber habido (singular) 
There have to have been - tiene que haber habido (plural) 
There had to have been - tuvo/tenía que haber habido 
- There has to have been a reason.Tiene que haber habido una razón.
 - There has to have been a doubt.Tiene que haber habido una duda.
 - There have to have been many reasons.Tiene que haber habido muchas razones.
 - There have to have been many questions.Tiene que haber habido muchas preguntas.
 - There had to have been a purpose.Tuvo que haber habido un propósito.
 - There had to have been an ulterior motive.Tenía que haber habido un motivo oculto.
 
There is going to be - va a haber (singular) 
There are going to be - va a haber (plural) 
There was going to be - Iba a haber (singular) 
There were going to be - Iba a haber (plural) 
- There is going to be a celebration.Va a haber una celebración.
 - There is going to be a tango show next weekend.Va a haber un espectáculo de tango el fin de semana viene.
 - There are going to be many guest speakers at the conference.Va a haber muchos oradores invitados en la conferencia.
 - There are going to be many workers at the construction site.Va a haber muchos trabajadores en la obra en construcción.
 - There was going to be a party yesterday.Iba a haber una fiesta ayer.
 - There was going to be an exhibition last week.Iba a haber una exposición la semana pasada.
 - There were going to be a host and a hostess at the cocktail.Iba a haber un anfitrión y una anfitriona en el cóctel.
 - There were going to be many booths at the trade show.Iba a haber muchos puestos en la feria.
 
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