answer the phone
answer the telephone

I want you to stay home and answer the phone.

The only one who would answer the phone, in fact.

You should never have left the room to answer the phone.

And there's nearly always a friend to answer the phone.

The children are no longer allowed to answer the phone.

Through the open kitchen door, I saw him answer the phone.

If I'm not here, my wife will answer the phone.

In general, he said, his name helped get people to answer the phone or return calls.

He went to answer the phone, and was back again within a minute.

When he turned back to answer the phone, it suddenly seemed very dark in the office.

You really ought to answer the phone once in a while.

The fellow had come down to answer the phone call.

I had to get up to answer the phone anyway.

I miss them, so I'll have to take the chance their mother will answer the phone.

They all decide to not answer the phone and continue with their night.

A man who answered the phone at her home also said she was not available.

When I called him, he was so nervous to answer the phone.

He and his staff of five barely answer the phone.

What would he have said to her if she had answered the phone?

She knew the girl who worked for them, answered the phone, I mean.

At a second number, a woman who answered the phone said they had moved out.

"I should think you would want somebody to answer the phone," she said.

She called here at the office, knowing that I would answer the phone.

She could be up there sick, not able to answer the phone.

Usually if there was a security guard he'd answer the phone.