独立主格结构在句中一般作状语，表示时间、条件、原因、伴随状况等，还可以作定语。下面给大家列举一些独立主格用作原因状语的例子：

All our savings gone, we started looking for jobs. 积蓄全部用完了，我们就开始找工作。

The boy leading the way, we had no trouble finding the strange cave. 由那个男孩带路，我们很容易就找到了那奇怪的洞。

The monitor being ill, we’d better put the meeting off. 班长病了，我们最好还是延期开会吧。

The river having risen in the night, the crossing was impossible. 夜里河水上涨，渡河不可能了。

There being no further business to discuss, we all went home. 没有别的事可讨论，我们都回家了。