be one of the family
Example Sentences
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To-night he must stand a stranger there; to-morrow he would be one of the family.
From Edelweiss A Story by Auerbach, Berthold
Mr. Jensen would be one of the family.
From The Nest Builder by Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson
Young Burns’ll have to be one of the family from now on.”
From The Harbor of Doubt by Gage, George W.
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
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
