I certainly didn't expect him to give me an immediate answer about his future plans.

The time and circumstances didn't seem right for an immediate answer, but I can give it to you now.

But there would be no immediate answer to that, thus he put it out of his mind for the moment.

There was no immediate answer from any of her employees.

There was no immediate answer, but he decided to stay connected for a while, just in case.

There did not seem to be an immediate answer to that.

She waited for a moment, saw that he had no immediate answer, and went on.

I didn't have an immediate answer for any of them.

I had no immediate answer for her until it struck me.

And my immediate answer is, Great, because he's very much alive.