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We sometimes still do see this inversion with be. For example, to emphasize that there are two or more (usually exhaustive) possibilities or distinctions, but they do not change or affect the point being made:

Therefore, for every ten Peregrines colour-ringed, at least one is likely to be resighted, be it dead or alive. Ed Drewitt; Urban Perigrines (2014)

Remember that for all politicians, be they local, regional or national, the constituents who vote for them are their number 1 priority. David Ashton et al.; How to be a Nurse or Midwife Leader (1974)

It cannot be ignored that parallel importing rules, be they for or against, evolved in a world of conventional trading patterns where physical goods traditionally passed down a chain of exporters to importers to retailers to end users. Fiona Macmillan; New Directions in Copyright Law, vol. 6 (2007)

The authority of the community is brought to bear on the offender be he an adult or a juvenile. James Morrison; The Healing of America (2019)

On this point he apposes Rassers ..., who interprets the marriage between the two siblings to be the actual end of the story. Be they married or not, is however less important than the fact that they are reunited in some way at all. Lydia Kieven; Following the Cap-Figure in Majapahit Temple Reliefs


We see this occasionally with the verb come: Come rain or come shine, Come hell or high water, Come what may.

You wanted to walk around the city, come rain come snow come sleet, recording things. I bought a warmer coat with many ingenious pockets. Jenny Offill; Dept. of Speculation (2014)

Terry Shannon; Come Summer, Come Winter (1956)