How to use "counter" in a sentence

It is a large room with oak tables, a dark marble counter and expensive leather sofas

Behind the counter there are two women

The two women move, but slowly; one of them looks down at the counter, where I know there is a secret alarm

Tina went to the bar and sat on one of the three stools, across the counter from Elliot

"Push it across the counter, out of reach."

Eleven customers were clustered at the end of the long arm of the L, near the entrance, five on stools at the counter, six in the red booths

The white-haired cashier came out from behind the counter

Jenny, the waitress, called to him from behind the counter