Sentence examples for second hand about from inspiring English sources

Mr. Silverton recounts how she bought the car from him second hand about four years ago without knowing that its previous owner was Bono, the lead singer of the rock band U2.

I've heard second hand about George Soros in conversation about it and an internal gathering at Ford.

Gerard Hodgins knows first-hand about self-starvation as a form of political protest.

The aim of the lesson was to learn first hand about life across the globe.

Twyana Davis knows at first hand about the desperation of some young mothers to be.

Like the rest of Europe, the Dutch have learnt at first hand about the growing danger from Islamic radicalism.

I have learned first hand about how the body and the mind can adapt or falter, submerged in Antarctica's darkness and winter's extreme isolation.

Sometimes students talk first hand about events we're studying, which makes things far more engaging than just reading a textbook.

As a former Nationalist leader, Mr. Soong, 57, faces questions about his sincerity, but he knows at first hand about the advantages the party derives from its extensive business holdings and its control over government personnel, money and legal powers.

George Watts and Emily Pemberton, from Ysgol Gyfun Plasmawr in Cardiff, will travel to Bangladesh next month with the Global Campaign for Education UK, to learn first hand about barriers to education in a crucial year for the campaign.

"I am grateful to Mr Whelan for allowing me the honour of managing his club, I was actually at the 2013 FA Cup final with my son so I know first hand about some of the things Wigan have achieved.