Sentence examples for counter taking from inspiring English sources

So if your home "office" is a laptop that shares space with your food processor on your kitchen counter, taking the deduction is probably a stretch.

The serving girls there, who lodged like sardines in the attic at the top of the old wooden building, used to mix up the seasonings behind the counter, taking spoonfuls of garnet-red chilli oil and dark soy sauce from the bowls in the glass cabinet beside them and tossing the cucumber in the piquant sauce.

"Rather than a traditional ticket agent waiting for a customer to come to them, you'll see more employees in front of the counter taking a more proactive role before the customer even tries to get in a line," said Richard Cordell, Delta's senior vice president for airport customer service.

She looks out from behind the counter, taking in the faces she sees every day.

I talked up Carri at the counter, taking note of such kitschy wall mementos as surfboards, water skis and vanity license plates that proclaim things like "skierup," suggesting a tropical Jimmy Buffett feel right here in the middle of the desert.

The girls behind the counter took the next customers.

Another Geiger counter takes readings of glowing and nonglowing objects.

Friendly, white-shirted gentlemen behind the counter take your order.

He climbed down, put globe and bulb on the counter, took a fresh bulb, and ascended again.

When it was my turn, the man behind the counter took a few seconds to appraise my books.

Voices sing out in Chinese as the servers behind the counter take orders seemingly at random from the crowd in front.