Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] first hand " in BNC.

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1 The Court of Appeal held : [ a ] man may be said to know that goods are stolen when he is told by someone with first hand knowledge … that such is the case …
2 For companies seeking to develop an existing export market , or to examine a new one at first hand the IDB organises a series of trade missions to a wide variety of locations including Europe , Scandinavia , the Americas and the Far East .
3 She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims .
4 While the pop princess ' disappointment at finding a wedding ring firmly on his finger seemed real enough to viewers ( and is confirmed by those who witnessed it at first hand ) , Banderas likes to believe it was all an act for the cameras .
5 The systematic putting together of parts to a purposeful design is something we know and understand , for we have experienced it at first hand , even if only with our childhood Meccano or Erector set .
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