Example sentences of "take a taxi to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Grandison had promised her daughter that they would not inflict themselves on her for a meal — realising that Lady Selvedge might well be something of an infliction — and had assumed that from Victoria they would take a taxi to some Soho restaurant or perhaps Simpsons in the Strand . |
| 2 | I shall take a taxi to the aerodrome . ’ |
| 3 | It was only a short walk to the fringes of town , and there Fen insisted on taking a taxi to the hospital . |
| 4 | Later , she went out shopping , taking a taxi to Jardine 's Bazaar down in Causewsay Bay . |
| 5 | Marie took a taxi to the station on account of her bags being so heavy . |
| 6 | It was after nine o'clock when I reached Valladolid , and I took a taxi to the Hotel Moderno . |
| 7 | She took a taxi to the family home in Surry Hills and let herself into the house which was unoccupied . |
| 8 | I had been given his address by friends in Britain and now took a taxi to his flat , a couple of miles from the hotel but still in the older part of the city of Buda . |
| 9 | Bernard and I took a taxi to a hostel . |
| 10 | She later ran out with the baby in a pushchair and took a taxi to the police station where her lover was held . |
| 11 | He took a taxi to the Embassy . |
| 12 | They took a taxi to his place , and once inside the cab his hand wandered on to her knee . |
| 13 | He took a taxi to his village . |
| 14 | She booked a seat on it and took a taxi to the terminus . |
| 15 | I took a taxi to a hotel , and I wrote the name , ‘ Edward Pinkhammer ’ , in the hotel book . |
| 16 | We then went by train into the country , and took a taxi to Dr Roylott 's house . |
| 17 | They took a taxi to the flat , which was in a quiet , imposing block overlooking Bedford Square . |
| 18 | Remembering that her car was still abandoned at Central Station , she took a taxi to where she had left it , and was relieved to find it still waiting there . |
| 19 | Ronni took a taxi to the college where Arnie was doing his summer school — she 'd phoned his flat from the station and been told that was where he 'd be . |
| 20 | ‘ I took a taxi to Swift offices . |
| 21 | Meanwhile Rachel had taken a taxi to the museum ; she had entered by the back door and exchanged a smile with the doorkeeper . |
| 22 | We had taken a taxi to the Sharia el-Azhar from where the buses depart . |
| 23 | Linley had left the restaurant at 3 p.m. and taken a taxi to Fleet Street , a journey of no more than ten minutes even on a busy Friday afternoon . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
| 26 | Both twins and the three men had later taken a taxi to the barn at Uckington , whichg had been rebuilt . |
| 27 | I take a taxi to Belcourt , the area where Albert Camus grew up . |
| 28 | On my next-to-last day I take a taxi to the Roman ruins at Tipasa , 50 miles along the coast from Algiers . |
| 29 | If you were to fly to Athens for the first time and take a taxi to an address in the city , you would be unable to assess whether the route was circuitous , or the baggage charge was normal . |
| 30 | She could not tell whether he also meant he would not be at the flat long , only long enough to collect his bag and take a taxi to whichever friend 's spare room he had negotiated to borrow . |