work-surface BrE
work surface
counter AmE **

Then he came back to the counter and asked for a light.

Early on, the left side of the front counter is in service.

I went to the counter at about two minutes to 8.

Finally one of the women came out from behind the counter.

The young man behind the counter looked at him in question.

The man took a large case from in front of the counter.

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The men left the counter with their hands in the air.

At the counter a young woman came to help them.

The security office was at the end of the counter.

He put one on the counter and began to open the second.

She put her hands on the other side of the counter.

He looked around the counter to make sure the guy was dead.

She gave her money to the girl at the counter.

His eyes were just above the level of the counter.

He got something out from under the end of the counter.

He had moved around from behind the counter and was looking at my feet.

She was already making her way behind the counter toward the office.

They must have run out of room on the counter.

She came out from behind the counter and started for the door.

"You can see all the way from behind the counter right out into the street."

As these are used, a counter goes from 99 to 0.

He moved away from the counter and started for the church.

He got up and went to the counter to order for her.

At last he was ready to go to the counter.