bierze Englisch:

It takes time.

What is it that determines the route a railway takes?

A good newspaper reporter takes advantage of what he learns from any source, even the "little bird told him so" type of source.

When your stomach is busy, digesting a big meal your brain takes a vacation.

A building with high ceilings and huge rooms may be less practical than the colorless block of offices that takes its place, but it often fits in well with its surroundings.

In preparation for painting a portrait, my friend takes many photographs in order to study the subject closely.

Hospital doctors don't go out very often as their work takes up all their time.

He who has friends for dinner, but takes no care in the meal that he has prepared for them is not worthy of having friends.

I don't know what to do with that guy. No matter how mad I get at him he just takes it in stride and pays no attention.

An accident only takes a second, but an accident could get you into debt for life. I think I'll just walk.

Isn't my boyfriend terrible? He always takes me to see horror movies, even though he knows I don't like them. I hate it.

If you write your address on a web-page, anybody can find out where you live if the whim takes them.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own.

The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.