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He had a hackney coach waiting for her lower down the street.

What on earth would a lord be doing riding in a hackney coach?

Serena had no idea how to find a hackney coach, but Simon did.

It was by no means a hired hackney coach.

I packed all my possessions and loaded them into a hackney coach.

At last I saw a hackney coach up ahead, barreling in my direction.

"I saw a hackney coach parked in front of the neighboring house.

"Do you believe I know something of the operation of hackney coaches?"

Quinn turned and walked toward the indicated building, refusing to look back until she heard the hackney coach drive away.

The French had a small hackney coach called a fiacre.

Frank drove a hackney coach while Helen kept house.

I ordered our carriage to move on, and I engaged what you call a hackney coach.

He threw himself under the hackney coach.

The hackney coach stopped in front of number 27 Curzon Street.

It seemed almost a miracle when a hackney coach appeared through the gloom and appeared to be empty.

I related to him the story of my encounter with the hackney coach, giving particular emphasis to the coachman's parting words to me.

His principal object must be to discover the number of the hackney coach which took them from Clapham.

By 1749, Nuthall was the receiver of hackney coaches.

The application failed and the guards led him to a hackney coach for the return to Newgate.

Be guarded in crossing the London streets, for I am told that the hackney coaches are past all imagining.

He was a commissioner for hackney coaches for London and Westminster from 1667.

- in a hackney coach?

We went to Gerrard-street, all three together, in a hackney coach: and as soon as we got there, dinner was served.

To the left of Nero, and almost unseen, a man notes down Nero's hackney coach number to report him.

The locksmith complied right willingly; and both getting into a hackney coach which was waiting at the door, drove off straightway.

They are usually, but not always, black with a white bonnet or hackney carriages.

The word hack, meaning a horse-drawn cab, is short for hackney carriage.

The wheels of the hackney carriage whirred into the tense silence around them.

Only licensed hackney carriages can pick up passengers on the street without pre-booking.

Over 160 councils throughout Britain have already agreed to take testing on board for hackney carriage and private hire drivers.

If you own or run a hackney carriage (taxicab), it needs to be inspected and licensed by the local authority.

Business was slow in the first years, so he hired out his horse and hackney carriage as a taxicab for visitors.

Early horse-drawn buses were a combination of a hackney carriage and a stagecoach.

First off, you drive a cab but you're not a licensed Hackney Carriage.'

The music video begins with Scherzinger sitting in the back of a London hackney carriage.

During that same period the number of registered hackney carriages in Glasgow rose to one hundred and fifty.

They also have a sticker on the rear bumper that reads Hackney Carriage.

This was very impractical for many passengers, who were forced to use hackney carriages to transfer from one train to another.

Chelmsford hackney carriage taxis can be flagged down by members of the public anywhere within the City.

It aimed to put mobile telephones in Hackney Carriages, but was unsuccessful.

The better-off used hackney carriages and sedan chairs to get to their destinations without getting filthy.

John Thomas Smith was born in the back of a Hackney carriage on 23 June 1766.

Electric hackney carriages appeared before the introduction of the internal combustion engine to vehicles for hire in 1901.

Griffin also secured a judicial review against Hackney Carriage legislation saying it was archaic.

Hackney carriages (taxis) can be flagged down in the street or hired from a taxi rank.

Horse-drawn hackney carriages began providing taxicab service in the early 17th century.

First time dual hackney carriage or private hire license applicants must pass a local knowledge and Highway Code test.

There are also green London style Hackney Carriage taxis, which can be hailed on the street.

In August 2007, he completed The Knowledge and qualified to drive a Hackney carriage.