Sentences with the word likes

• He looks like Father Christmas.
• What was Bulgaria like?
• Suggest a topic or article headline you would like the author to write about.
• It may seem like you are the only one that deals with this problem.
• The neglect that large cities like New York have received over the past 12 years is tremendous.
• It also moved those who, like me, are too young to have lived through the war.
• It is like snowboarding on the street and the rider can go anywhere, up or down.
• The use of like to mean such as was formerly thought to be undesirable in formal writing, but has now become acceptable. It was also thought that as rather than like should be used to mean in the same way that, but now both as and like are acceptable: they hunt and catch fish as/like their ancestors used to. The use of look like and seem like before a clause, although very common, is thought by many people to be incorrect or non-standard: it looks as though he won’t come (not it looks like he won’t come)
• I was shaking all over, trembling like a leaf.
• You should have told us. But it’s just like you not to share.
• His arms look like they might snap under the weight of his gloves.
• People are strolling, buying ice cream for their children, just like they do every Sunday.
• There’s nothing like candlelight for creating a romantic mood.
• Three hundred million dollars will be nothing like enough.
• He likes baseball. [VERB noun]
• How do you like America? [VERB noun/verb-ing]
• I’ve been looking at the cookery book. I like the way it is set out. [VERB noun]
• I like to get to airports in good time. [VERB to-infinitive]
• I’d like a bath. [VERB noun]
• I’d like to apologize. [VERB to-infinitive]
• Here’s your change. Would you like a bag? [VERB noun]
• I’d like an explanation. [VERB noun]
• You have to make sure you’re comparing like with like.
• I thought that I knew everything about Jemma: her likes and dislikes, her political viewpoints.
• Acting like a maniac
• like mother, like daughter
• There was this policeman just staring at us, like
• You look like you’ve just seen a ghost
• She doesn’t dance like you do
• Compare like with like
• He likes boxing
• We would like you to go
• How did she like it?
• It likes me not to go
• A cup of sugar and a like amount of flour
• She is like a bird
• She sings like a bird
• It’s not like her to sleep late
• To feel like sleeping
• That sounds like fun; it looks like a clear day tomorrow
• Great dramatists like Sophocles and Shakespeare
• It was just like you said
• It looks like he is late
• I’ve never met her like
• It’s, like, hot
• Leave whenever you like
• I would like to see him
• I like Cleveland in the Series
• Tell me your likes and dislikes.
• To play the like
• I like hamburgers;  I like skiing in winter;  I like the Seattle Mariners this season
• I like to go to the dentist every six months;  She likes to keep herself physically fit;  we like to keep one around the office just in case
• He liked to have been too late.
• I really like Sandra but don’t know how to tell her.
• I liked my friend’s last status on Facebook. I can’t stand Bloggs’ tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.
• My partner and I have like minds.
• Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
• 1966, Advertising slogan for Winston cigarettesWinston tastes good like a cigarette should1978, «Do Unto Others» by Bob DylanBut if you do right to me, baby I’ll do right to you, too Ya got to do unto others Like you’d have them, like you’d have them, do unto you
• It looks like you’ve finished the project. It seemed like you didn’t care.
• These hamburgers taste like leather.
• Divint ye knaa, like?
• He was so angry, like.
• She was, like, sooooo happy.
• There were, like, twenty of them. And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.
• I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he’s like, “I don’t know. ”
• There are lots of ways you might amuse yourself — like taking a long walk, for instance
• like boxes.
• He works like a beaver.
• He is just like his father. Your necklace is just like mine.
• It would be like him to forget our appointment.
• It looks like rain.
• She looks like a good prospect for the job.
• To feel like going to bed.
• There is nothing like a cold drink of water when one is thirsty. What was he like?
• like father, like son.
• Sleeping like a log.
• There are numerous hobbies you might enjoy, like photography or painting.
• The house is more like 40 than 20 years old.
• Like enough he’ll come with us. Like as not her leg is broken.
• I did it like wrong.
• A long list of likes and dislikes.
• I see my comment got lots of likes.
• We all liked the concert.
• His parents like me and I like them.
• You can do exactly as you like while you are a guest here.
• Like us on Facebook to get a free sample.
• We’ll have lunch whenever you like.

Hello, guys! Today I’m going to tell you about one of the most interesting words in the English language: the word LIKE.

Do you know how we can use LIKE? What part of speech is it? What functions can it have?

Let’s begin with a quote that I really like:

“If  you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” (Maya Angelou)

Do you agree with Maya?

So, in this quote, what is the meaning of LIKE? Can you replace it with another word?
Yes, you can. We can say “if you don’t love,” or “If you don’t enjoy”, or “if you’re not fond of”, or “if you’re not keen on” etc. So in this sentence LIKE is a verb which shows preference.

I like swimming, I like dogs, I don’t like rap music.

Let’s look at this picture. “Would you like some tea?”

This woman is asking the man if he wants tea.

So when we talk about what we want or when we ask someone what they want, we can use “would like”.

Would you like to do an exercise on this topic? =)

I really like this song. It is “Help” by The Beatles. Take a break, listen to this great song!

What does “if you like” mean? We use “

if you like

” when we offer our help, or when we suggest something.

We can go to the movies, if you like. (if you like = if you want to do this).

Look at this girl! She’s as graceful as a swan. She dances like a goddess.

What does LIKE mean here? She dances like a goddess.
It means in a similar way, happening in the same way as something else.

What can we say if a man eats too much and too fast?
We can say that he eats like a horse, in the same way as a horse.

Here, like is used as a preposition.

From the Wikipedia article on Keira Knightley, famous English actress: “Knightley was cast in the role due to her close resemblance to Portman; even the two actresses’ mothers had difficulty telling their daughters apart when the girls were in full makeup.”

Can you tell which picture (left or right) shows Keira Knightley and which one shows Natalie Portman?

You’re right, Portman is on the left and Knightley is on the right.

They look like each other, don’t they? Knightley was hired because she looks like Portman.

“Look like someone” means that people have similar appearance. We can also say that two people look alike.  We can also use taste, feel, sound, smell with this meaning.
For example: «Your perfume smells like my boyfriend’s! It feels like I just saw him».

We can use “look like” and “feel like” with a more idiomatic meaning.

Compare:

In which sentence is “look like” used idiomatically? Yep, in the second one. In the first sentence we’re talking about outward appearance, about eyes, skin, hair color. In the second sentence we mean “it seems that” when we say “it looks like”.

Compare:

In the first sentence, I actually feel as if he’s here, I feel that he’s here, even if he’s not here.
In the second sentence, I want to sing a song, I feel like singing a song. In this case “feel like doing something” is idiomatic.

What do you feel like doing right now?

I love big cities like New York!  Just listen to this song from Frank Sinatra — New York, New York

Do you want to visit big cities like New York?
What does “like” mean in this sentence? Here, we use it to give an example. I can say “I love big cities, such as NY.” It will mean the same thing.

Do you often eat fruits like apples, bananas and berries?

Have you seen the new Les Misérables musical? What’s it like? I want to watch it, but I don’t know if I’ll like it.

So what did I want you to tell me when I said “What’s it like?”

I wanted to hear your opinion about it; I wanted you to tell me what you thought of it. So when we ask someone to describe something or give their opinion, we can ask “What is it like?”

By the way, Les Miserables is a REALLY great film, you should watch it!

There are also some more uses of like.
Like can be used as a noun: likes and dislikes. For example: «My friend and I have the same likes and dislikes».
Likes and dislikes are the things you like and don’t like.

What are your likes and dislikes?

We can use “like” as part of an adjective, as the suffix. For example: «This portrait is very lifelike. Who painted it? «

Some of these adjectives are:

Do you know childlike adults?

I also wanted to tell you about this English saying: Like father, like son. What do you think it means?
This photo can help you figure it out.