be one of the family
Example Sentences
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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
"Yes; but I shall not be one of the family," Jeanne said.
From In the Reign of Terror by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
"Let me be one of the family to-night," urged Richard.
From The Twenty-Fourth of June by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)
He should be one of the family, living on equal terms with the others, and their constant companion.
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane
