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  • Can you call the Quai in the meantime and tell them to send an extra man?

    Maigret Bides His Time Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1965

  • Most of the district inspectors keep a wary eye on the Big House, as they call the Quai des Orfèvres, and when they are on to anything important that is likely to hit the headlines, they hate having it taken away from them.

    Maigret and the Apparition Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1964

  • France, but with his vital resiliency and equable temperament, he did not lose a day at his office in Quai d'Orsay.

    Aristide Briand - Biography 1926

  • Only one thing stands between the Louvre and the River Seine: a narrow strip of road called the Quai des Tuileries.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • Only one thing stands between the Louvre and the River Seine: a narrow strip of road called the Quai des Tuileries.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • Only one thing stands between the Louvre and the River Seine: a narrow strip of road called the Quai des Tuileries.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • When he goes home, call the Quai and ask someone to relieve you.

    Maigret Bides His Time Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1965

  • He recalled the Quai de Bercy, with the iron grille of the warehouse on the left, the tall trees, the stone parapet of the Seine on the right.

    Maigret's Dead Man Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1964

  • Thus, for example: 'The institutions of Paris, starting with the' Quai '(Quai d'Orsay), as the Foreign Ministry is generally known, were all but genetically programmed against having an intime relationship with America.'

    Europe: Iceberg Ahead Ash, Timothy Garton 1998

  • I’ll call the Quai around eleven to find out if you need me.”

    Maigret Bides His Time Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1965

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