Example sentences of "have taken a [adj] dislike " in BNC.
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| 1 | By then it was too late to try and change her policy , for the overseer seemed to have taken a real dislike to her , watching for any slip she made , so that he could punish her for being high and mighty as he called it . |
| 2 | ‘ Because it was written by someone who seems to have taken a particular dislike to you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Are we going soon , Mummy ? ’ demanded young Rebecca , who seemed to have taken an instant dislike to me . |
| 4 | I do n't believe it 's just me you 've taken a violent dislike to — ’ |
| 5 | But , you see , I had taken a violent dislike to the short man . |
| 6 | The feminists thought the whole structure was rotten , but they had taken a particular dislike to Pilger . |
| 7 | His mother , whom he had adored , had died when he was sixteen and his father had then married a much younger woman to whom Freddie had taken an instant dislike . |
| 8 | He had taken an instant dislike to both Bodie and Doyle , not only because they had bungled the surveillance job on the van containing his potential assassins , but because they dressed casually , more suited to a Sunday afternoon jog than the serious business of the Secret Service . |
| 9 | It had been clear from the start that the spinster had taken an instant dislike to both Ashi and her daughter . |
| 10 | She kissed his cheek , managing to avoid the scarred one by some contortion recognised by both her victim and McAllister , who had taken an instant dislike to her . |
| 11 | I could see he had taken an intense dislike to Monsieur Vauban . |