The phrase "and like as a" is not standard in modern written English and may be considered archaic or poetic.
It can be used in literary or poetic contexts where a comparison is being drawn, but it is not commonly used in everyday language.
Example: "And like as a flower blooms in spring, so too does hope arise in our hearts."
Alternatives: "just as" or "as if".
In 2005 or so, his mother "came for vacation and, like, as a joke, she made some tortellini for me," he recalled.
He doesn't know if Brown will be pleased to see his name on the dedications page – I think even my four-year-old could work that one out – "but if he and Sarah read it and he thinks, well actually, that is both the truest and fairest and probably, as a result, kindest account that's been written about him, what he was like as a person and like as a leader, then that's what I would hope".
Dr Seuss is so amusing and egalitarian and free-thinking and so unlike all the more respectable English books I was given and liked as a child.
That includes Berube, whom I knew and liked as a straightforward tough guy during his playing days.
The emphasis on followers and likes as a measure of social capital has urged people to extend their circle to weak and latent ties to promote the idea of popularity for celebrities, politicians, musicians, public figures, and companies alike.
(milk kitchen worker) " [At the end of the workday] I feel very, very tired and like as leaving a sauna".
The ghost is Alice Guy-Blaché -- on par with Griffith, De Mille, and the like as a pioneer of the nascent film industry.
Well, even though we don't agree on every issue, I still respect him and like him as a person...
I know and like Trump as a person but let me be clear: I would never vote for him.
This way of looking at her shows her that you respect her and like her as a person.
For all his lack of success Zatopek respected him as an athlete and liked him as a person, and the two spent a pleasurable day together.
