Sentence examples for counter how from inspiring English sources

She asked the woman behind the counter how these things work, and when the woman explained that hundreds of thousands of people play each week, Amy was disappointed.

Show smokers right there at the checkout counter how much gunk coats their lungs and maybe they will reconsider plunking down that Hamilton for a pack of cigarettes.

I was buying ravioli there last year and I said to the lady at the counter, "How long are they good for?" and she said, "Four or five hours".

I joined the long ticket queue and when I reached the front, I asked the man at the counter: "How old do you have to be to be a child?" In retrospect, I realise that it was a poor question.

Which never worked back when I used to ask the person behind the counter how much Spice Girls polaroid cameras cost, and then sigh heavily and say "well, okay", and walk away really slowly.

To which he countered, "How about tonight?" The date went so well, she skipped her flight.

"Mother," he countered, "how did you become the subject of this conversation?" At moments like this he need not explain why the two of them were so well matched.

When tumbling home values and high gas prices already have consumers spending less at stores, car dealerships and airline ticket counters, how does a company minimize the pain?

Subscriber Jessica M. counters, "How about Braylon Edwards, who spent his Christmas at the Ronald McDonald house with disabled children?

That hypothesis, however, runs counter to how many growers care for their trees in winter, how irrigation districts operate, how water rights are managed, and how state and federal authorities have controlled floods for a century.

Groupon emails display a real-time counter indicating how much time the deal has left, how many people bought the deal and whether the deal has tipped.