be one of the family

Example Sentences

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But how came Bernhard to be one of the family?

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

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 am taken right in to be one of the family, and I have a good time every day now.

From Turn About Eleanor by Cootes, F. Graham

Belle was ashamed to have her appear to be one of the family.

From The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Marlowe, Amy Bell

Mr. Jensen would be one of the family.

From The Nest Builder by Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson