Sentence examples for taking a shine from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Take a shine to.

If you take a shine to something or someone, you like it or them instantly.

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Since South Carolina, they are taking a shine to Gingrich, again.

— Eric Asimov Tasting Table: The serious cocktail crowd is taking a shine to cola.

The Rumour Mill has fallen in love again after taking a shine to impossibly handsome Italian Claudio Marchisio.

While youngsters taking a shine to cricket can set off for their first run with the Future Stars Wooden Playset from Lord's.

I think it's because Tuppence is so young, but I could never credit her taking a shine to a man of pensionable age, however dapper he is.

While the spotlight of the latest technology boom has been trained on a cluster of popular consumer applications like Facebook, Groupon and Zynga, investors are increasingly taking a shine to the start-ups building the infrastructure for those Internet powerhouses.

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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.

They took a shine to each other.

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