How to use "takes" in a sentence

It takes twenty-five throws before it lands in the right place

It takes me twenty minutes

'It takes more than a small town prison to hold a man as strong as that,' they all agreed.

"Get it ready," he says, and Little John takes the ladders back down the stairs to the glass doors.

Robin takes the last blindfold from the bag and puts it over Hastings' eyes.

Then he falls from the boat, and the ice-cold water takes the words and the air from his mouth

And then the oar hits him on the head, and he cannot think, and he cannot swim, and the water takes him.

And on the small jetty on the bank of Loch Ness, the attendant hears, he takes the cigarette from his mouth and smiles

As she takes her coat off, Branwell watches her

She waits for a moment, uncertain, and then she takes a breath

Branwell opens his notebook and takes his pen out

He takes a cigarette from his packet, lights it and lets the hot evening sun shine down on his bald head.

He takes you to one of his old factories on the Thames, and then he shows you the boxes and the addresses of all the different locations in the world.

But he laughs and takes a long drink of the cold beer

He takes a few steps towards the trees

"You know, the surprise at the end of the story, the thing you don't expect." Eleanor smiles and takes a drink

Eleanor takes another drink

Michael takes a moment to think about it and then nods

He takes the back stairs, passes three or four lawyers in their black gowns and white wigs and feels sorry for them: it is so hot today

Maybe there is something we can do to make you forget this? Maybe you can take me for a drink." Then she smiles and takes his hand

Maybe it is time for the first drink of the day after all, and he takes the small flask from the pocket of his denim jacket, removes the lid and swallows.

He takes his meals in the room

Smith takes the tie from his pocket

No, you don't need that today," he repeats, and he takes the mp3 player from the boy's hands, and he tries to avoid the angry look in the boy's dark eyes.

He puts the guns next to a tree and takes them out of the bags carefully, and, yes, there is the interest in the boy's eyes.

You see, you don't take from Las Vegas: Vegas takes from you.

And Hank takes Jimmy's face in his hands

And, right now, it's very important to you." And he takes the gag from Jimmy's mouth.

But she does not want to listen, and she takes her MP3 player from her bag and puts her headphones in.

Her arm hurts, so she takes her jacket off, and in the mirror she can see a small drop of blood on her skin.

And the old woman takes a long, thin knitting needle from her bag, and Sarah remembers what the kid said on the tube...

'Looking after Manderley takes a lot of my time

It only takes him a minute or two to find them.

She takes off The Cat's mask

I think he takes his job seriously

Regulations on banks and real estate agents and on everyone else - except casino owners - are less troublesome here than in other states, which takes a burden off everybody, but which is especially attractive to people trying to spend and invest dirty cash

But wherever there's a great deal of personal freedom, there's also an element that takes more than fair advantage of the liberal legal structure

But it feels so weird when he takes control..

Two days later, Natalie takes the hat to a store

Suddenly, the wind takes Anna's hat away.

He takes the hat, then he walks away quickly.

Rod takes the money and runs from the store.

He then takes them around town to fight other dogs

He takes no notice of humans

But the big problem in any country is changing the way people think about child marriage - and that takes time.

"People say that he takes from the rich and gives to the poor

"Let me kiss your hand." Zorro takes her small hand and kisses it

Zorro takes out his sword and they fight

Captain Ramon takes her hand and says, "Don't run away, Lolita

Zorro takes off his black mask.