1.   Counting to ten and not shouting back at yet another unreasoning and unreasonable parent is difficult.

2.   David leant against an abandoned supermarket trolley and closed his eyes while he counted to thirty.

3.   Hold your breath and count to ten.

4.   I counted to ten and waited for my anger to go away.

5.   I nodded and counted to a hundred a second time instead.

6.   Shut your eyes, count to twenty, then come and find us.

7.   To keep myself calm, I counted to ten in my head.

8.   What had really counted to Eva was the covenant service preceding the commissioning.

9.   Brian counted to twenty and lifted his binoculars.

10.   Count to ten when necessary, give your adult time to process the data.