Example sentences of "off the alarm " in BNC.
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| 1 | in a garage , where exhaust fumes could set off the alarm . |
| 2 | She switched off the alarm clock , then lit the fire that had been laid the night before . |
| 3 | Three hundred firemen and 400 policemen raced to the Hofburg after a smoke detector set off the alarm soon after midnight . |
| 4 | Some parents just switch off the alarm after the initial wetting , fail to change the bed , and leave the child so that there is no real opportunity for the child to learn . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That 's if we 're not going to set off the alarm system ! ’ |
| 7 | It was the part of him that switched off the alarm in the morning and made him sleep in . |
| 8 | This was n't really happening , it was a dream , a nightmare , and she 'd wake up soon and turn off the alarm and get ready for work . |
| 9 | Even brief air disturbance will set off the alarm . |
| 10 | But the Mobbs had a panic button in the house , and Mrs Mobbs set off the alarm . |
| 11 | Oh I thought you said he had a fag and he set off the alarm . |