be one of the family

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So Isabella went on learning what it was to be one of the family, and becoming, as Mrs. Lester remarked, a very experienced seamstress.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various

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

From Edelweiss A Story by Auerbach, Berthold

"Of course it's nice to be one of the family," she continued.

From Dolly Dialogues by Hope, Anthony

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

Mr. Jensen would be one of the family.

From The Nest Builder by Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson