1.   I just bought it over the counter.

2.   Most of the illegal guns are not being bought over the counter, or stolen.

3.   Nicotine chewing gum can now be bought over the counter at the chemists.

4.   Something you could buy over the counter at a supermarket.

5.   There are several effective preparations you can buy over the counter, in the form of pleasant-tasting drinks or tablets.

6.   A lady from the nearby pub bought over a couple of pints -- there was quite a reception aftewards.

7.   Now I tell what else we bought over there.

8.   An answer may become clearer with the initial public offering of Paypal, which provides a payment system for goods and services bought over the Internet.

9.   And, beginning next month, you can buy them over the Internet or telephone.

10.   At first, the stocks will trade as installment receipts, or shares bought over time.