Even so, the tide would take only a few minutes.

The tide took his body away, no doubt, after the Kaffir had gone.

The tide took me underneath the boat and out the other side.

The tide might take it, but not for hours.

"The tide will turn in a few minutes and take her out to sea."

"It appears as if the tide has taken much of the wreckage."

He is only a mute spectator and goes where the tide takes him.

He'd have been better off staying in the river and letting the tide take him out to sea.

He decided that the tide must have taken him.

But the tide of their fortune took a sudden turn.