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He's gone completely round the twist since his mother died and left him to fend for himself.

The ability to fend for oneself is indispensable to any adult, but real maturity is more than just a set of survival strategies.

We consider it a good thing that we are able to think and fend for ourselves, that we are not just sheep in a crowd.

and I belong to the fourth called "fend for themselves" type, can only look forward to come across the eyes was Ugutsu hook to the girl.

The affair had led to her father's suicide, leaving her to fend for her daughter and mother, and deciding to seek work as an escort.

They might have a special lift to get to another floor, and a range of especially adapted appliances to help them fend for themselves.

Having depended on his aunt for many years, he finally decided to leave her home and fend for himself.

In ungulates, the young are born in an advanced stage of development and can fend for themselves in a few days.

However for the majority, their life has taken such a turn that they now literally have to fend for themselves in the streets.

All planned support by the U. S. Air Force is called off, and the 2506 Brigade is left stranded to fend for itself in Cuba.

Zada said he worried about his children, who aren't in school, and about the crops and animals they left behind to fend for themselves.

The transition from executive to non- executive director can be difficult, yet new recruits seem often to be left to fend for themselves.

The next day it was agreed that Alan should fend for himself till sunset.

The children had to fend for themselves while their parents worked.

How I wish that I and my future husband fend for each other with eternity, I can always nestle in the warmth of his arm.

Well-off populations, who tend to be healthier, have the best access to the best care, while the poor are left to fend for themselves.

Access to care was distorted, with the best care going to the wealthy and the poor left to fend for themselves.

His parents agreed to pay the rent for his apartment but otherwise left him to fend for himself.

as he has done so often before, I shall wash my hands of the affair, and he can fend for himself.

In a bid to prepare his government to fend for itself, the president launched an all-encompassing national reconciliation policy in 1987.

"He [Murray] left him [Jackson] there, abandoned him to fend for himself, " the prosecutor said.

You are given the ability to repair and fend for yourself so if the rest of your forces fail, you still have a chance.

The old couple have no one to do the washing and heavy cleaning: they have to fend for themselves .

It's because people think a nuclear power should be able to fend for itself.

But it has wreaked havoc on traditional family life, with women and old people left behind to fend for themselves.

When asked, however, most camp residents say they were left to fend for themselves when emergency stipends ended after six months.

eg. It was dastardly of the captain to desert the sinking vessel and leave the passengers to fend for themselves.

Be thankful that someone took care of you when you were too little to fend for yourself.

My wife, a true night owl, would never wake before noon on Sundays, so we used to fend for ourselves.

he was once a boy, alone in the galaxy and forced to fend for himself after the death of his father.

Because these proto-domestic cats were undoubtedly mostly left to fend for themselves, their hunting and scavenging skills remained sharp.

Pets left behind as people flee the war-torn region are forced to fend for themselves.

In many countries, the rich receive all the health care they need, while the poor are left to fend for themselves.

But Clenk never got the message, and when he saw the state of affairs in Formosa, he fled for Japan, leaving Coyett to fend for himself.

Scissors's mother no longer love it it, it would perhaps to fend for themselves.

Hodrix was able to lure Serji-X's weary backers to his camp, leaving Arrogantus to fend for himself.

And because the region has few natural resources and limited farmland, people had to fend for themselves to a much larger extent.

They said then that if the offer failed they would let Bear shareholders fend for themselves in bankruptcy court .

Africa's rich may employ mercenaries to carve out regions of control, leaving those left outside to fend for themselves.

I will watch you get tossed to the side of the road to fend for yourself, boy.

This means that for now we are left with more of the same: each country will, for the most part, continue to fend for itself.

That would be much fairer than dismissing the case and insisting that 1. 5 million women fend for themselves.

But earthquakes strike suddenly. People can get stuck at work, school, or in panicked transit, leaving pets to fend for themselves.

Many of the factory workers are single mothers whose children are left to fend for themselves during the day.

The rations issued to the gasoline would last for two days; after that they would fend for themselves.

But we cannot go back to the time when our citizens were left to fend for themselves.

Twelve is old enough to fend for yourself.

On present form Rooney, even when required to fend for himself, demands special treatment.

Each year he pollinates some plants by hand to ensure they produce fruit, and compares them with plants that fend for themselves.

The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died.

It is unlikely that Kim Jong-il would send his youngest son into the political arena to fend for himself.

At some point, this must drain away, leaving fundamentals to fend for themselves.

Narglatch young are abandoned at birth and must learn to fend for themselves at a young age.

Families, unprotected by rule of law, fend for themselves at the expense of individuals outside the clan.

How could I leave my loving, erratic, harebrained mother to fend for herself?

TB : Caleb's definitely had a rough life and had to fend for himself for a long time.

If she cooks they do the dishes. If not, they may have to fend for themselves.

But hundreds of thousands will be expected to fend for themselves.

"Abel can fend for himself, " murmured Squirrel.

When his father die , tom have to fend for himself.

Most animals let their young fend for themselves at an early age.

But they see our children, and the old folk fend for themselves.

An orphan in the old society, he was left to fend for himself.

To brawl, forget ya squad, better fend for yourself.

The grubs then compete for food, and many young die if they are too weak to fend for themselves.

I am thankful for a God who does not leave us to fend for ourselves. He cares for us.

In the old society, he was compelled to fend for himself at the age of14.

How could I le audio-videoe my loving, erratic, harehemarketinged mother to fend for herself?

It does this by offering a practical 2012 tool kit of how-to survival knowledge, for those who'll be left to fend for themselves.

As soon as a Galapagos tortoise is born they are left to fend for themselves.

I couldn't possibly leave the designers to fend for themselves.

Now they had to fend for themselves.

It is time you left home and learnt to fend for yourself.

In future he will have to fend for himself.

But would always fend for him.

He'd gone off when I was three and left me and mam and my sister to fend for ourselves.

if that is done, individuals with the desire and the means to gamble can fend for themselves.

I've had to fend for myself since I was 14.

To respect Hong Kong today, is to let us conduct our own affairs and fend for ourselves.

You have to learn to fend for yourself.

we were left to fend for ourselves

rather than instead of fend for oneself look after oneself