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64 Sentences With "took a shine to"

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He took a shine to me and I got the job.
He took a shine to me and we've been working together ever since.
But she's vying for voters who four years ago took a shine to him.
One of the girls took a shine to Tony ... and he didn't seem to mind.
"She knew that I sang and liked show business, and she took a shine to me," he recalled.
But while many consumers took a shine to Apple's and Google's early computerized helpers, they were mostly confined to smartphones.
Well, that's exactly what happened when Jill Soloway took a shine to Ian Harvie on the set of Amazon's Transparent in 2014.
Steve, at only eight months old, had spent his life as an indoor cat, and took a shine to his new friends.
During one visit earlier this year, one of Argentina's famous street dogs took a shine to Sievers and followed her around town.
Back in 2012, Victoria Carlin took a shine to the contents of Waterstones' nerdy tweets, and decided to tweet her mystery crush.
He especially took a shine to an older lady in the bar ... and had some fun when she walked over to say goodbye.
Luckily, one of the cows he was rescued with, Jackie, took a shine to Stanton and began lactating and caring for the calf.
She was pretty, he said, and her father took a shine to him, treating him to hunting trips and outings on four-wheelers.
World War II had just ended, and the campus was packed with vets, several of whom, it appears, took a shine to Sandra Day.
One, Dan Balz of The Washington Post, even took a shine to Gabe and helped him wrangle his way into the post-debate spin room.
The SG under George W. Bush was Kenneth Starr, who took a shine to Kavanaugh and hired him to join the independent counsel's office in 1994.
The SG under George W. Bush was Kenneth Starr, who took a shine to Kavanaugh and hired him to join the independent counsel's office in 24.
He took a shine to hunting down the inner details of a business, cold calling customers, employees, and engineers in the switch-making industry for insights.
Although Facebook took a shine to Lollicam recently — touting the app as one of its partners for a video profile feature at its F8 conference back in April.
Investors took a shine to the diversified utility and saw upside in a company expected to benefit from the new government's market-friendly policies in the energy sector.
Foreigners—from Napoleon, who brought it back to France, to Buffalo Bill, who flew to Italy to promote it—took a shine to the stuff over the years.
As he sat in rooms and listened to Pokora explain his hacks with professorial flair, McAndrew, the lead prosecutor, took a shine to the now 22-year-old Canadian.
But fans, particularly those who heartily appreciate robots and big monsters, took a shine to it; over the past four years the movie has attained something close to cult status.
Mr. Sachs took a shine to Mr. Mock's new neon-pink buzz cut and asked if he could shoot a quick video for his friend Frank, who had a similar hairstyle.
Dr. Ryan Cirz, one of Achaogen's founders and the vice president for research, recalled the days when venture capitalists took a shine to the company and investors snapped up its stock.
According to Lugdon — who, with her family, promotes outdoor adventures in Northern Maine through Summer Camps and Guided Hunts at Lugdon Lodge on Eagle Lake — Maggie immediately took a shine to Leo.
Florian Hufnagl, curator and later director of what is today the Design Museum in Munich, took a shine to the camera and sheltered it in the museum's storeroom for almost 15 years.
I also took a shine to Vojkan Morar's chimerical painting "Angel Portrait" (2014) and Igor Simonovic's gnarly "Self-Portrait" (2013) because they have similar overall visionary qualities that problematize fore, middle, and background.
This person, whose identity he said he preferred not to reveal "in case of blowback," took a shine to him and offered the opportunity to travel to China, where he could assist the firm's operations.
While broader markets were softer on Thursday as oil prices continued to decline, investors took a shine to a rare deal from Trinidad amid a positive backdrop for EM debt following several weeks of record inflows.
It is not just the more specialized distressed debt traders who once took a shine to North Korean debt: One of the holders of NK Debt Corporation's notes is the Franklin Emerging Markets Debt Opportunities Fund.
Kacz, 45, has a heart condition that's prevented her from having children with her husband for the past 16 years, but she took a shine to Orlando when he first appeared in her reading-intervention classes in 2014.
Originally the script called for the buildings to be burned down, but Nelson took a shine to the town, which has been restored and added to over the years, and even built his own home further up the winding dirt road.
The last time an aspiring young violinist took a shine to this 1734 Stradivari violin, he simply stole it — snatching it in 1980 from the office of its owner, the violin virtuoso and teacher Roman Totenberg, at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Mass.
Her elderly husband took a shine to her peculiar ways and allowed her to do most unmaidenly things, such as learning how to use a sword.
She took a shine to him straight away and so the pug was cast as Willy. Willy and Roly the poodle shared a dressing room at Elstree Studios. In the original rehearsal script Willy was named Phillip.
Caroline Clegg (née Wilson) is the wife of Gordon Clegg. Caroline and Gordon had met in 1982, and got engaged. Gordon introduced Caroline to his mother Betty Turpin. Betty took a shine to Caroline, although felt Gordon was rushing into things.
Pat Lewis was born on January 10, 1952. She moved to Ambridge in 1974 to help with the cattle after her uncle Haydn Evans slipped a disc. Tony Archer (Colin Skipp) took a shine to Pat, and called off his engagement to Mary Weston. Later that year, Pat proposed and they were married by Christmas.
Huck Finn (né Diego Muñoz), portrayed by Guillermo Díaz, works as a tech guy in Olivia's firm. He is extremely loyal to her, willing to do anything she asks of him. Olivia found the homeless Huck while she was working on the Grant campaign. She took a shine to him and brought him coffee every day.
The woman who lived there, Dominique Taub, invited them to stay and took a shine to Mac right away. Dominique turned out to be deaf and very married. Mac still was very attracted to her and eventually hid her in Port Charles from her abusive husband. Back in Port Charles, Mac opened a new club called the Outback.
She was briefly married to politician Johannes Gerhardus "Hans" Strijdom, but the couple divorced within a year. Strijdom later went on to serve as Prime Minister of South Africa from 1954-58. In 1914, Marda met Isaac Rosenberg in Cape Town, who was on a visit to South Africa. He took a shine to her and drew a charcoal sketch of her.
The hotel in 1925 During the 1930s, the Beverly Hills Hotel became increasingly popular with Hollywood film stars. Fred Astaire took a shine to the hotel and enjoyed reading the Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter by the pool. Cesar Romero and Carole Lombard were pictured together at the hotel in 1937. In 1938, the Sand and Pool Club was established at the hotel.
When the big day came, she slipped during rehearsal and was concerned, but Nijinska dismissed it saying "happens to everybody." Tallchief also received instruction from various distinguished teachers during their visits to Los Angeles. For Ada Broadbent, she danced her first pas de deux. Mia Slavenska took a shine to Tallchief and arranged for her to audition for Serge Denham, director of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Peggy Perkins is introduced as Jack's "Londoner" wife in the first episodes broadcast in 1951 at a New Year's party held at the Archer's home. That same year, Peggy would give birth to her third child, Tony. The next year, Jack threw in the towel at the small goods shop and went into business in Cornwall with wartime pal, Barney Lee. But Barney took a shine to Peggy, and they returned to Ambridge.
The music video was directed by Andy Warhol and also features a cameo appearance by him. It was also one of his last assignments before his death the following year. The band met Warhol at an exhibition in Mayfair and he took a shine to bass player Nick Thorp. He then invited the band to a banquet he was having later at the Café Royal and said he was interested in hearing some of their music.
Baker, took a shine to the local Chinese takeaway, and regularly ate shrimps for his post match snack. In the 2008 English season, Baker represented Walmley in the Birmingham and District Premier League. After impressing in the nets in 2008, Baker signed a two-year contract with Leicestershire County Cricket Club to represent them from 2009. He has a British passport which would have allowed him to play without counting as an overseas or Kolpak player.
With Eric at her side, Stephanie found Pamela taking care of a widowed Ann, who was still in denial. Pamela finally spoke up and confirmed the abuse, admitting she was too scared as a child to help her older sister. Stephanie remained at odds with her family until Eric invited Pamela and Ann to Los Angeles for Christmas. After Ann returned to Chicago, Pam stayed on in the Forrester guest house and took a shine to Eric, actively discouraging Jackie Marone's interest.
Linda comforted her boss, who was 33 years her senior, and they soon started sleeping together. They began an affair which culminated when Mike proposed marriage and she accepted, knowing that he was a millionaire entrepreneur. As they planned to marry, Mike got in touch with his son Mark Redman (Paul Fox) and invited him to the wedding. Linda took a shine to Mike's son, who was not much younger than her, and she soon began an affair with him.
On one of his visits to Ontario working for Dave McKigney, Sullivan met Jimmy Valiant. Jimmy took a shine to the young, enthusiastic Sullivan and shortly thereafter, brought him to the World Wrestling Association, where Dick the Bruiser teamed up Sullivan (now renamed Johnny Valiant) with Jimmy Valiant as the Valiant Brothers. A victory for the WWA tag team titles over Dick the Bruiser and Bruno Sammartino put the name of the Valiant Brothers on the marquee and the Valiants proceeded to have a five-year run.
She has a cat named Frankie.Strip of July 11, 2007 Lila seems to have encountered a larger purpose to her life, though, after volunteering at the Cleveland Clinic, albeit at first to meet an attractive pediatrician, Dr. Fine. She took a shine to an orphaned, leukemia-stricken girl named Annie, whose cynical yet upbeat outlook struck a chord with her, and they became friends. She applied to adopt her, despite being unemployed, but was rejected in favor of Dr. Fine and his gay partner Alan, which deeply disappointed both Lila and Annie.
She explains that Fazouk's father, Metit (Dimitri Andreas), took a shine to Elena and suspects that he has taken her to his private house on a nearby island. She also reveals that Metit also took the same shine to Olivia. Harry also suspects that the British console may be protecting Peter Vine, having secured a deal with Vine's construction company for the sale of a number of vessels used to combat drug trafficking. Meanwhile, Harry's son Michael (Gary Lucy) flies out to Istanbul to help with the search.
Disgusted by Del's behaviour, Paddy dumped her and spent his time consoling Toni. Toni forgave Del for burning her - realising that it was a genuine accident. David Metcalfe arrived in the village in November 2006, looking for his long-lost father and they took a shine to each other until Del realised that he thought her uncle Zak was his father and distanced herself. David's father was revealed to be Eric Pollard and they started planning to steal £20,000 from him in revenge for Eric stealing £20,000 from David's late mother, Lydia.
Dick and Marie Grant left town with their adopted son, Phillip Collins Grant, in 1962, and were not heard from again. After Joe Robert's funeral, Meta, started seeing a man named Mark Holden, who was a rich well-off structural engineer friend of her brother-in-law, Clyde Palmer, hired at Cedars to do some work on the building. Bert tried to set up Meta with Mark, who took a shine to Meta's stepdaughter, Kathy. Meta agreed to step aside for Mark and Kathy, on the advice of Dr. Bruce Banning, who continued to have romantic feelings for Meta.
With the Doctor preventing the deliveries from going out but Charlie refusing to leave, the group teleported out before the warehouse could explode. After attempting to arrive at Queen Elizabeth I's coronation, the Doctor accidentally brought Team TARDIS to Bilehurst Cragg in the early 17th century in the middle of a series of witch trials. After Mother Twiston was tried as a witch by the landlady, Becka Savage, the Doctor intervened, proclaiming her group to be witchfinders. Upon meeting King James I, the King took a shine to Ryan, and he and Graham were forced to stick with him and Becka.
Given the proportions of his body, and the fact that in adulthood he was sometimes mistaken for a small child, it is likely that Józef was a pituitary dwarf, not a dwarf of the achondroplasic variety. The Starostin de Caorlix took a shine to the short boy and adopted him. After her marriage her acquaintance the Countess Humiecka took charge of Boruwłaski and took him to her estate at Rychty in Podolia. The Countess was able to persuade the Starostin to give up her little companion by reminding the Starostin of the old superstition that a woman who sees a dwarf during pregnancy may give birth to a dwarf.
According to the CBS press release for Rawhide, Universal (known then as Universal-International) film company happened to be shooting in Fort Ord and an enterprising assistant spotted Eastwood and invited him to meet the director.McGilligan (1999), p. 52 However, the key figure, according to his official biography was a man named Chuck Hill, who was stationed in Fort Ord and had contacts in Hollywood. While in Los Angeles, Hill had reacquainted with Eastwood and with the help of an attractive telephone operator who took a shine to him, managed to succeed in sneaking Eastwood into a Universal studio and showed him to cameraman Irving Glassberg.
She soon took a shine to fellow Law student Sam Owen but he wasn't interested and eventually Zara found comfort with English literature student Freddy Watson, but it wasn't to last as Zara was thrown out of HCC after she tried to break into the college to try to help Lee after he had been framed by Chris Fenwick for a fire in the media lab which had actually been started by Freddy for an animal rights demonstration. Zara then decided to move to Thailand to work for charity, and to accompany her, Lee joined her as the pair decided to get together after admitting their feelings for one another.
Osmaniye is at an elevation of 125 meters (410.1 feet). Located on the eastern edge of the Çukurova plain in the foothills of the Nur Mountains, the gateway between Anatolia and the Middle East, Osmaniye is on the Silk Road, a place of strategic importance and has been a settlement for various civilizations including the Hittites, Persians, Romans and Armenians. The Islamic presence in the area was first established by the Abbasid Caliph Harun Rashid, auxiliaries in his army being the first Turks to fight in Anatolia. They obviously took a shine to the place and following the Turkish victory over the Byzantines at Malazgirt in 1071 waves of Turkish conquest began.
Lee and Angel's coworkers at Coreco are Kristin, a clingy divorced mother who instantly took a shine to Lee; Kelly, who is far more apt to cavort with men and indulge in drink than to do her job; Grace, the condescending regional sales leader; and Vanessa, the boss, whom the workers wrongly assume is a lesbian, and whom Angel immediately becomes enamored with. In addition to the women at work, the guys have to hide their secret identities from Lee's wife Connie, a nurse who works in a doctor's office; his teenaged daughter Kat; and Connie's brother Brian, who was laid off along with Lee and Angel and now resides in his ex-wife's home.
This upset the yard's labourer Eddie Yeats as there wasn't enough work at the yard for the three of them, and unsurprisingly it was Eddie who faced the chop, having unsuccessfully tried to put Martin off the job. In August, Martin was repairing the water boiler at Baldwin's Casuals when he took a shine to the new trainee Karen Oldfield. Karen returned his affections and they went to a dance together. They soon fell for each other but a complication then arose in the form of Karen's protective father, who barred Karen from seeing Martin when Martin got Karen drunk on Elsie's gin while entertaining her at No.11 in Elsie's absence.
In April of that year, he met widow Emily Bishop when he hired the Coronation Street Secretarial Bureau to do the shop's books. Arnold took a shine to Emily and asked her out - an invitation the shy Emily accepted when she found a poem Arnold had written which impressed her. Emily hadn't been with anyone since her husband Ernest died two years previously and hadn't expected another man to take an interest in her but was very flattered and kept on seeing Arnold, which delighted him. In fact, Emily was so surprised at first that she worried he might be interested in her finances, but her fears were quelled when Deirdre Langton checked Arnold's finances and learned that he had his money well invested.
After finding success with their 1969 Hallmark Hall of Fame production of The Littlest Angel, Broadway producers Richard Horner and Lester Osterman searched for another property that they could adapt into a live-action TV special. "Raggedy Ann came up in our conversation," Horner recalled, "and I said, 'Gee, that would be a great thing for what we have in mind.'" Horner acquired permission from Bobbs-Merrill Company, who owned the rights to the characters, and set to work developing the project, with Littlest Angel co-writer (and Osterman's daughter) Patricia Thackray penning the script. At a 1974 Friar's Club roast for Johnny Carson, Lester and Osterman found themselves seated at a table next to Emmy-winning Sesame Street composer Joe Raposo, who took a shine to their idea.
He was of a Gloucestershire family, settled at Painswick. William appears to have been a yeoman of the guard before June 1509. In 1512 he was an under-marshal in the army; went to the Spanish coast; was with Dr. William Knight in October of that year at San Sebastián, and discussed with him the course to be pursued with the disheartened English forces who had come to Spain under Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset. He fought at the battle of Flodden, was knighted in 1513, became sewer to the king, and later (1521) was carver. He was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1514–15. He seems to have been with Sir Richard Wingfield, the ambassador, at the French court early in 1520, for Wingfield wrote to Henry VIII (20 April) that the Dauphin took a shine to him.
O'Rourke's Castle at Lough Gill, where de Cuéllar was given refuge In O'Rourke's country they found greater safety, at "a village belonging to better people, Christian and kindly", where 70 Spaniards were enjoying refuge. Dressed in lice-infested cloak and trousers, Cuéllar set off northward in a party to meet with a Spanish ship at anchor for repairs, but was disappointed to hear the ship had already sailed. He returned to O'Rourke's country, where he was entertained by the lord's wife, who he described as "very beautiful in the extreme, and she showed me much kindness". She took a shine to the Spaniard's ability for telling fortunes: ″One day we were sitting in the sun with some of her female friends and relatives, and they asked me about Spanish matters and of other parts, and in the end it came to be suggested that I should examine their hands and tell them their fortunes.

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