The Officer takes a shine to her and they go out on a date.
His father said quietly that he always did take a shine to her.
He sure seems to have taken a shine to you.
He seems to have taken a real shine to your baby.
And it is no secret why the company took such a shine to her.
"She'd have to be if she took a shine to you!"
He took quite a shine to you, did my old man.
Of course, she may take a shine to you, but even then I'd be careful.
Even an interesting stranger that I was beginning to take a shine to.
Is that why I took such a shine to him?
Idiome