The court officer merely answered: "Uncle, you'll be inside for twenty years."

It was a question that Toffner merely answered with a nod of his head.

"I merely answered a hypothetical question," was the best he could do.

Kharl had given everyone the best, but he merely answered, "I did."

The rest of the time he merely answered newcomers' questions honestly.

I merely answer your questions to the best of my abil-ity.

These were embarrassing questions and Doumenc merely answered that he had no information.

She could not win him, however, to any conversation; he merely answered her question, and read on.

Mullon didn't know whether it was a question or a statement and he merely answered: "Yes."

Paks was sure he had already heard the tale, but she merely answered him.