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Example sentences for "you like"

  • It is a game, if you like, but not a game of play.

  • You may suppose, if you like, that they died hoping their behaviour would not be forgotten; or you may suppose they thought nothing on the subject, which is much more likely.

  • You may dally as long as you like by the roadside.

  • For that matter, if you turn to George Sand's French version of AS YOU LIKE IT (and I think I can promise you will like it but little), you will find Jacques marries Celia just as Orlando marries Rosalind.

  • Strange, uncanny, wonderful, if you like, but the word beauty had too kindly and human a sound for such a face.

  • I've got another colleague for you, if you like him.

  • You can have what money you like, and you can get what help you like.

  • Well,' said she, 'you must know that all those casks are full of gold and jewels, and if you like to marry me it shall all be yours.

  • Let me have two or three days to make up my mind, and then you shall do as you like with me.

  • But you need be under no concern about food, for in my left ear there lies a cloth, and if you will but take it and spread it out, you can have as many dishes as you like.

  • If you like, I will give you a herb to break the spell.

  • I used to look up to you like a party might to Julius Caesar.

  • That I will, and twenty if you like, old girl.

  • Well, I've worn out a good deal of saddle leather over Jemmy Rivers; but here's for new breeches if you like.

  • You can pray if you like," I said, "but if you're going to cheek me in your prayers I draw the line.

  • I didn't mean this thing to smash down on you like this.

  • But her account of every thing leaves so much to be guessed, she is so very reserved, so very unwilling to give the least information about any body, that I really think you may say what you like of your acquaintance with her.

  • You like Mr. Elton, papa,--I must look about for a wife for him.

  • You like news--and I heard an article in my way hither that I think will interest you.

  • Anne, don't you like me a little bit, even if I ain't a good boy like Paul?

  • You may kiss me if you like," said Paul gravely.

  • She can put a whole sermon, text, comment, and application, into six words, and throw it at you like a brick.

  • It don't sound a bit to you like a boatswain's whistle, does it?

  • Suddenly, as I turned round, I thought I saw something like a white streak, moving between two dark yew trees at the side of the churchyard farthest from the tomb.

  • The thought that has been buzzing about my brain lately is complete, and the theory proved.

  • But it would neither come nor cease to make a noise.

  • But I beseech you, do not go forth in anger with me.

  • Ah, then you have good memory for facts, for details?

  • She had just as many faults as you have, ma'am--neither more nor less.

  • Her nose was not quite large enough, I admit.

  • She read or worked in leisure hours when the rest gossiped.

  • But he had presumed to raise himself from a low station in the world--and that was against him.

  • But Mr. Bruff reminded me that somebody must put my cousin's legacy into my cousin's hands--and that I might as well do it as anybody else.

  • I need not tell you that the place is yours as long as you like; and perhaps in a day or two, finding you absent, he will go away.

  • You may go on loving him if you like--I don't mind at all.

  • You are your own mistress--do as you like.

  • You can come up, if you like; but the first one of you that comes within the range of our bullets is a dead man, and the next, and the next; and so on till the last.

  • You may walk here if you like, Mrs. Jethway.

  • Which class of women do you like best, those who seem younger, or those who seem older than they are?

  • What coloured eyes do you like best, Mr. Knight?

  • But remember, I have not a word to say against your having him, if you like him.

  • Of course you can call it poetry if you like.

  • You like to be master, there's no denying that; you must be first chop in heaven, else you won't like it much.

  • I will let you hear my attempts, if you like," said Rosamond.

  • You can go with me to-morrow, if you like.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "you like" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    long hill; thou would; undoubted right; you are very much; you couldn; you did; you intend; you mustn; you think; you young; young courtier; young feller; young horse; younger brothers; younger days; your children; your daughter; your family; your hand; your hands; your heart; your husband; your own; your side; your uncle; your way