31.   Her customers are asking for commercial-grade lights, ones that last longer than a year or two.

32.   Her customers never asked her age, she says.

33.   If customers ask incredulously when the interior will be completed, Dmitriev waves them away imperiously.

34.   In a study last year, his group found that a third of bank employees did not mention low-cost options when customers asked about checking accounts.

35.   In the other kind of order, a limit order, the customer asks to buy a stock at a given price or less.

36.   Investors who want to know if stocks are up or down ask about the Dow the same way customers ask for a soft drink or facial tissue.

37.   Its spaghetti dinners proved so savory that customers asked for portions of pasta, sauce and cheese to take home.

38.   Jeff Wolfe, president of Wolfe Automotive Group, said a few customers were asking about fuel economy.

39.   Mrs. Paik said her customers might ask her to identify a thief or cure a disease or simply tell their fortune.

40.   NEC gained market share in part by responding instantly when customers asked to speed up an order or change the specifications.