Sentence examples for does takes from inspiring English sources

To play at the level Natalie does takes a lifetime.

If the vote does takes place it will be in a secret ballot.

Mr. Kessel (call him Richie, everybody does) takes this job seriously.

Sitting in that shed, which I did for four years, does takes its toll… You need to mix it up a bit".

"We started a bit like Hull in the Premier League, where, from last season's great performance, the players had tremendous belief in themselves, but eventually stepping up a division does takes its toll".

5 30 P.M. (Oxygen) THE DUCHESS (2008) No bodices rip in this historical drama from Saul Dibb, but Ralph Fiennes, as the Duke of Devonshire, does takes scissors to the unmentionables of Georgiana Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire, played by Keira Knightley, in this adaptation of a biography by Amanda Foreman.

As far as I know, the word has never been used in this context, but this is just the sort of thing Yiddish does — takes a religious term and puts it to secular, or even profane, use — so I felt fully comfortable doing so.

9 A.M. (Oxygen) THE DUCHESS (2008) No bodices rip in this historical drama from Saul Dibb, but Ralph Fiennes, below, as the Duke of Devonshire, does takes scissors to the unmentionables of Georgiana Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire, portrayed by Keira Knightley, in this adaptation of a biography by Amanda Foreman.