His father didn't answer but kept coming toward them.

He knew how his father would answer the question.

She hit speed dial, and her father answered on the first ring.

He could not recall, at the moment, how his father had answered that.

His father answered: "I expected this would be your question.

However, she is out buying groceries and her father answers it.

Her father answered, deep and grumbly so she couldn't understand any of the words.

"Thank God," his father answered, "for giving me the ability to work every day."

I asked her to ring our house, and my father answered.

As they entered the hall, their father was answering the phone.