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 ‘ If you 're not going to listen to me , I 'm taking a taxi home , ’ she asserted resolutely .
3 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 .
4 She and the wife of another detained paramilitary officer took a taxi shortly afterwards .
5 From the station he took a taxi straight to Blumenthalstrasse .
6 ‘ I took a taxi directly from the station . ’
7 I took a taxi home and went to sleep .
8 She took a taxi home .
9 The instant he finished , Polly slipped through the applauding crowd , grabbed her coat from the cloakroom , and took a taxi home .
10 No chance of persuading her father that Damian Flint was a rat and a snake , then , she thought as she took a taxi home .
11 Chris and Patrick had caught a train to London and taken a taxi straight to Richie 's flat .
12 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 ;
13 I take a taxi home .
14 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 . ’
15 She has to take a taxi everywhere .
16 Then she thought of her original intention to take a taxi home .
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