Into his battered taxi he had already loaded a half-dozen Persian carpets and several boxes of lamps and fixtures.

In front of the airport, a wooden outpost that dated from the Second World War, she found a battered taxi.

One soldier came up to the battered taxi and stuck his head inside.

The old city looked pathetically small, just a flash seen from the battered taxi, compared to the miles upon miles of massive communist-era dwellings.

Johnny arrives late in a battered taxi.

Television pictures showed a bloody and battered taxi that apparently absorbed some of the explosion, jackknifed across the road leading down into the underpass.

A single battered taxi waited in the ranks outside: 'The Hoe, please.'

A battered yellow taxi draws up beside him and, grateful to be able to abandon his train of thought, Salim gets in.

The scene, with its sprinkling of battered taxis and vista of dull modern buildings, was depressing.

We were outside the Station now, and a battered taxi rattled into view.