Example sentences of "[vb past] take a taxi " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd taken a taxi out to Baby Boy 's grave , and then he 'd walked the rest of the way . |
| 2 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
| 3 | On my last full day in Sligo Town , I decided to take a taxi southeasterly into County Leitrim , and if possible see Woodbrook , the house brought to life by the able pen of David Thomson . |
| 4 | It was a relief to be in the open air again but , lacking a street-rap , I decided to take a taxi to the riverside and find my way about from there . |
| 5 | Meanwhile Rachel had taken a taxi to the museum ; she had entered by the back door and exchanged a smile with the doorkeeper . |
| 6 | We had taken a taxi to the Sharia el-Azhar from where the buses depart . |
| 7 | One of these missing persons was still lying ( lying still , rather ! ) in the police mortuary in St Aldate 's ; the other person , with Morse 's full permission , had that afternoon departed by train for London , not stopping on this occasion ( as he had claimed to have stopped earlier ) at Didcot Parkway , but travelling straight through — past Reading , Maidenhead , Slough — to Paddington , whence he had taken a taxi to the Tour Company HQ in Belgravia in order to discuss the last wishes and the last rites of his erstwhile legal spouse , Mrs Laura Mary Stratton . |
| 8 | For some reason which escapes me we had to take a taxi , and when we arrived at Helsinki airport we had to wait five hours for our flight . |