Example sentences of "be [vb pp] over the counter " in BNC.
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| 1 | The TSB claims it will offer better and cheaper financial services than can be bought over the counter in TSB branches . |
| 2 | More than one-third of self-poisoners use preparations which can be bought over the counter ( Proudfoot and Park 1978 ) . |
| 3 | As a supplement to a normal diet , there are multi-vitamins and vitamin-plus mineral tablets that can be bought over the counter at pharmacists and health food stores . |
| 4 | Nicotine chewing gum can now be bought over the counter at the chemists . |
| 5 | The amount stated can be paid over the counter to the person presenting the cheque . |
| 6 | Most of the illegal guns are not being bought over the counter , or stolen . |
| 7 | In order to counteract the effects of malaria , they were frequently doped with opium , which was sold over the counter in the village shop or grown in the fens ( where Poppy Hill and Poppy Farm still exist as place-names ) . |
| 8 | This ca n't be good for him , thought Denis , and he remembered the story he had read of an old man in England , although younger than Uncle Mick was now , who lined up to receive the very first old age pension ever issued in England and dropped down dead as soon as his money was passed over the counter to him . |