For some reason she'd set her sights on him, and he was starting to like the idea.

Am I starting to like being regarded as something more than human?

"I started to like him as a friend," she said.

After a little while, I started not to like that very much.

But pretty soon spring came, and she started to like it here.

Later on in the story, some of the boys start to like her.

I was even starting to like sleeping with all of us in one room.

You understand where the bitterness comes from, and people may start to like him a little.

The majority of the foreign students stay on, and many even start to like their new environment.

At the same point, his father also starts to like him.