Sentence examples for be first hand from inspiring English sources

To be first hand with experience of the players and what you feel from the players, how close they are together, there's a real belief there.

That unseemly dash to be first hand-clutcher is already an embarrassment from which a tight-lipped No 10 struggles to rescue a little dignity.

This gives a false impression as though this is first hand knowledge which it is not.

So, most of the knowledge I gained was first hand.

Having been on both sides of this grim battle, Heffernan knows how important support systems are first hand.

Hypertrophy of organs is first hand indication of toxicity of chemical or biological substance.

The first presents few problems: since the report, although hearsay, purports to be first-hand observation, remaining doubt centers on the honesty of the informant, and that worry is dissipated by the officer's previous experience with the informant.

Many benefits will be second-hand.

Any BMW stuck on transporters would be second-hand by the time anyone got their hands on it.

Pakistani sources said the tape was first handed to a Pakistani journalist.

When the order was first handed down, Mr. Giuliani ridiculed it and promised to appeal.