be one of the family

Example Sentences

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He was quite ready to take his wife back, to abstain from accusations against her, to let her be one of the family, but he was as eager as ever to repudiate the Dean.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony

Anyway, you ’m tokened to Chris and will be one of the family some day perhaps when Mother Coomstock dies, so I’ll leave my secret with you.

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden

To-night he must stand a stranger there; to-morrow he would be one of the family.

From Edelweiss A Story by Auerbach, Berthold

I've simply got to be one of the family.

From The Air Trust by England, George Allan

I wish you to be one of the family, Miss Melville; to visit and go to public places with Mrs. Phillips.

From Mr. Hogarth's Will by Spence, Catherine Helen