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Take a shine to.
If you take a shine to something or someone, you like it or them instantly.
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(See: " China Takes A Shine To Rio").
Chinalco bought 9% of Rio in February for $14.1 billion (See " China Takes A Shine To Rio").
(See: "China Takes A Shine To Rio") It is reportedly in talks with regulators in Australia about bringing that stake up to 19%.
(See: "China Takes A Shine To Rio") Nigel Wellings, a partner at Clifford Chance who is helping to lead the team that is advising Chinalco, declined comment.
That would incur steep losses for Chinalco, which bought 12% of Rio's London-listed shares with Alcoa in February for $14.1 billion, or 9% of the overall company–a record overseas stake for a Chinese enterprise (See "China Takes A Shine To Rio").
(See: "China Takes A Shine To Rio") Shares in BHP Billiton, which soared by nearly 12.0% when Alcoa and Chinalco first bought their stake, rose by 1.8%, to £14.92 ($30.06), on Tuesday morning in London The news came as tensions between the mining giants and their largest iron ore export market, China, reached new heights as price negotiations with Chinese steel makers continued.
Behind the garage, she takes a shine to an old sink.
Mr. Kringle, a kind man who loves children, also takes a shine to Susan.
A rising White House speechwriter is horrified when the president takes a shine to his girlfriend.
A personal rivalry develops between Donat and Garden when the latter takes a shine to Donna.
Orlando is a young man of 16 when Elizabeth I takes a shine to his legs.
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