Sentence examples for went off when from inspiring English sources

"The bomb simply went off when nobody was around".

A neighbor believes the shooting was accidental, and that the gun went off when it hit the floor.

He said "the light went off" when he kept hearing about the wide international scope of various universities.

I had both my earbuds in and it sounded like a bomb went off when that car hit the fence.

The fault lies with the gun, which went off when it shouldn't have, they say.

Mines first went off when the helicopter came down, setting it ablaze.

Klaxons go off when you mention it.

Alarm bells should have gone off when this went through an editor.

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.

"And I want to be sure that the gun goes off when I'm firing at that particular target".