Their relationship was still new, and tonight's news had taken them all by surprise.
The news of the declaration took even longer to reach London.
"I was thinking your news must have taken the wind out of his sails."
That news may take at least a day to trickle down to the street.
The good news all takes the form of things that didn't happen.
I don't know how long that news will take to have an effect, either.
It would be fair to say the news took him a second or two to digest.
I went to the 'Change, where the news taken very much to heart.
Bad news on the doorstep, The stock price took a wrong step.
The news had taken a while to sink in at home.