Sentence examples for gone off when from inspiring English sources
Alarm bells should have gone off when this went through an editor.
"Alarm bells should have gone off when everyone believes the same thing," Dr. Kay said.
Veteran news director Bill Lord said "warning bells" should have gone off when the suspect got out of the car.
Wilkinson had only just gone off when Ben Foden came on for Delon Armitage, who had again looked indecisive.
Some of the people who stayed with us could have gone off when David Owen and the rest went off.
"Every red flag on the planet should have gone off when this was offered for sale," said Herbert V. Larson Jr., a New Orleans lawyer and antiquities expert who teaches legal issues involving smuggled artifacts.
Klaxons go off when you mention it.
Does it go off when it shouldn't?
"The bomb simply went off when nobody was around".
The second flash then goes off when the shutter snaps to capture the scene.
Magnetic mines lie in shallow water & go off when a metal hull passes over them.
