Verb
take the time (third-person singular simple present takes the time, present participle taking the time, simple past took the time, past participle taken the time)
(usually used with to) To volunteer to spend one's time (for a purpose or beneficiary).
Thank you very much for taking the time to do your assignment properly.
Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. Be a hero, take the time learn about adoption today. Bruce Willis
It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that's out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they're doing. Ornette Coleman
I don't think it should be allowed for people to start working at a young age and not take the time to just be living as themselves in the real world, especially now in this new age of new media and the obsession with celebrity. I think it's a real crime. Gaby Hoffmann
Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport. Pope Francis
If they take the time to do that, what they will see are officers who are human, who are overwhelmingly doing the right thing for the right reasons, and who are too often operating in communities-and facing challenges-most of us choose to drive around. James Comey
If we can take the time to mute the noise we've build around ourselves the rhythm of the heartbeats and the purpose may be clear. Dawud Wharnsby