He could not seem to take his eyes off the water.

Didn't seem to take to office work at all, as a matter of fact.

She could not seem to take her eyes from his.

He doesn't seem to take too much interest in what's going on around him.

But each one seems to take something out of him.

He seemed to take a moment to focus his eyes.

She didn't seem to take her eyes from my face.

And sometimes they seemed to take a long time to process news.

But he seemed to take the news better than I did.

She seemed to take more hope from his words than he felt himself.