Example sentences of "set off the alarm " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's if we 're not going to set off the alarm system ! ’ |
| 2 | in a garage , where exhaust fumes could set off the alarm . |
| 3 | This may also involve physically not going to places ( e.g. the staffroom ) or meeting people ( your head of department ) who might set off the alarm by mistake . |
| 4 | Even brief air disturbance will set off the alarm . |
| 5 | Three hundred firemen and 400 policemen raced to the Hofburg after a smoke detector set off the alarm soon after midnight . |
| 6 | But the Mobbs had a panic button in the house , and Mrs Mobbs set off the alarm . |
| 7 | Oh I thought you said he had a fag and he set off the alarm . |