11.   I first spotted the store, which starts one story above street level, on a cab ride downtown.

12.   Ikea is a destination in itself, a huge warehouse for bargain-seekers more than a cab ride away.

13.   It was the cab ride from hell.

14.   It meant a cab ride.

15.   Later, during a cab ride to her office, she composed e-mail on her laptop computer.

16.   On the cab ride over, Allison Rogovin, the Northeast recruitment director, gave her boss a quick briefing.

17.   One seemed to think I wanted a cab ride, but I pointed to my car.

18.   Players refuse to spring for a cab ride to nicer restaurants.

19.   She accepts a cab ride from a giggling ninny with a lecherous look.

20.   She opted for a cab ride back downtown, to Ina, the designer resale shop in NoLIta.