Take the initial reaction to the news.

"We take the normal human reaction to situations and apply it to these guys," he said.

"Take the emotional reaction and put a lid on it," he said.

Take, for example, the acerbic reaction of one union official.

Take, for example, the reaction of nitrogen gas with hydrogen gas.

But they took as a positive sign the reaction of Mr. Milosevic to the new bombing strategy.

We have to take into account the reaction of our people.

A. No sir, I took the reaction to be one of gratitude and satisfaction.

Our team at the Glastonbury festival takes the reaction from the crowd to news of Jackson's death.

American market officials took the British reaction as a not-so-subtle suggestion to keep their noses out of British matters.