be one of the family
Example Sentences
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Mr. Jensen would be one of the family.
From The Nest Builder by Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson
Oh, if she is going to be one of the family," he said, "she will have to learn to get on without much polly-foxing.
From A Daughter of the Land by Stratton-Porter, Gene
The king said "thou" to him because he was going to be one of the family.
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
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
And in going to Cross Hall in the midst of all these troubles, he was no doubt actuated in part by a determination to show himself to be one of the family.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony
