Sentence examples for take on passengers from inspiring English sources

I have to drive carefully, take on passengers and watch everyone.

And finally, there are the city buses that emit ear-splitting beeps whenever the bus is lowered to take on passengers.

On a big public square dominated by this city's huge gold-domed theater, taxis honk their way through slushy, chaotic streets, stopping to take on passengers laden with bundles of walnuts, almonds, dates and dried plums purchased at open stalls.

The paddle steamer Waverley first visited the pier to take on passengers in 1886, and along with sister ships of the White Funnel Fleet belonging to P and A Campbell provided excursions around the Bristol Channel.

Slowing down, I glimpsed suntanned teenagers diving from docks, grandmothers pushing strollers, and a restored mail boat taking on passengers for a tour of waterside villas and elaborate boathouses redolent of the Gilded Age.

Almost every feature of the new train will be under intense scrutiny over the next 30 days, as it takes on passengers about 16 hours a day, seven days a week, a much longer shift than most trains now in service.

Ericsson was one of six destroyers taking on passengers from Stephano that witnessed her sinking.

Mr. Seaman also faces a fine of up to $25,000 for taking on passengers for hire without a license, the release said.

Families and a stream of rain-drenched runners, fresh from the Central Park Father's Day race, were descending the stairs when they encountered a mysterious empty subway train that roared into the station, slowed and sped up again without taking on passengers.

A few hours later she reached Cherbourg in France, a journey of 80 nautical miles, where she took on passengers.

After a protracted series of considerations a trust was formed and the pier including the terminal buildings were thoroughly restored and opened on May 27 , 1989 when the Waverley paddle steamer berthed and took on passengers.