be one of the family
Example Sentences
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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
"I'd rather be one of the family these days."
From The S. W. F. Club by Jacobs, Caroline E. (Caroline Elliott Hoogs)
Young Burns’ll have to be one of the family from now on.”
From The Harbor of Doubt by Gage, George W.
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
"Let me be one of the family to-night," urged Richard.
From The Twenty-Fourth of June by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)