Example sentences of "take a taxi [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Determined not to look at the brute of a man opposite , Fabia was in the act of deciding that she would ask him nothing in future — not even for a ride back to Mariánské Láznë , she 'd take a taxi sooner — when she was suddenly brought to an abrupt halt . |
| 2 | The other decision she made was that , on the one-per-cent chance that it was n't a fool 's errand she was on , since it was uphill for most of the way and she did n't want to arrive hot and sticky , she would take a taxi up , and walk down . |
| 3 | He would then work until approximately 6.00 or 6.30 , and if there was no social or literary event he felt obliged to attend , would take a taxi back to Carlyle Mansions . |
| 4 | Mr Cairns , a former Ulster teacher now lecturing in Japan who is home on a study project , said : ‘ They went for a meal to McDonalds and when the girls said they would take a taxi back to the Young Women 's Christian Association the boys told them not to take a black taxi because they were too expensive . |
| 5 | ‘ If you 're not going to listen to me , I 'm taking a taxi home , ’ she asserted resolutely . |
| 6 | A simple explanation , words monosyllabic if necessary ; that was the answer , and if he still despised her after he had heard her , she was taking a taxi home . |
| 7 | She and the wife of another detained paramilitary officer took a taxi shortly afterwards . |
| 8 | From the station he took a taxi straight to Blumenthalstrasse . |
| 9 | ‘ I took a taxi directly from the station . ’ |
| 10 | I took a taxi home and went to sleep . |
| 11 | She took a taxi home . |
| 12 | The instant he finished , Polly slipped through the applauding crowd , grabbed her coat from the cloakroom , and took a taxi home . |
| 13 | No chance of persuading her father that Damian Flint was a rat and a snake , then , she thought as she took a taxi home . |
| 14 | Evans took a taxi out to a forest just to get away from every islander asking him how much he liked the place . |
| 15 | ‘ She 's taken a taxi up to Pollensa — Casa Pinar , is n't it ? |
| 16 | Chris and Patrick had caught a train to London and taken a taxi straight to Richie 's flat . |
| 17 | Let down , their elation leaking away , they had decided to give up , and taken a taxi back to Alice 's mother 's house , where Alice made them both coffee and scrambled eggs . |
| 18 | He 'd taken a taxi out to Baby Boy 's grave , and then he 'd walked the rest of the way . |
| 19 | Beware of dangerous situations — take a taxi rather than late-night lifts home , never stay late at work alone with a male colleague , or accept an offer to escort you to the door of your hotel room ; |
| 20 | I take a taxi home . |
| 21 | He had spent several years in the Sudan and he gave us a tip : ‘ Never take a taxi there , ’ he said , ‘ without fixing the price for the journey before you get in . ’ |
| 22 | Take a taxi down to Athinio — there 's a new quay about two miles south of the Thira Village anchorage . ’ |
| 23 | Yet when I take a taxi back to the club , the driver tells me that the Indians will be getting it in the neck soon . |
| 24 | She has to take a taxi everywhere . |
| 25 | Then she thought of her original intention to take a taxi home . |
| 26 | I would have to take a taxi back to Sligo once I had seen the sights , for there was no return bus . |