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be one of the family



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I've simply got to be one of the family.

From The Air Trust by George Allan England

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 Anthony Trollope

Anyway, you ’m tokened to Chris and will be one of the family some day perhaps when Mother Coomstock dies, so I’ll leave my secret with you.

From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts

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 H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

But how came Bernhard to be one of the family?

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




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