1.   Can you tell us about your first reactions to this news?

2.   He was sitting in his chair, smoking a pipe, and my first reaction was not favourable.

3.   Her first reaction to winning the award was disbelief.

4.   His first reaction was to laugh.

5.   My first reaction was that this must be a leg-pull.

6.   Panic, that was the first reaction to whatever it was that had just happened.

7.   When people hear tragic news their first reaction is usually one of disbelief.

8.   His first reaction was to deny everything.

9.   She told him that her first reaction was disgust.

10.   First reactions have been distinctly unfavourable.