be one of the family
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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 Gene Stratton-Porter
"We'll have tea up-stairs if you're really going to be one of the family," said Mrs. Goodchild, with the dubious smile so familiar on the faces of mothers of New York girls.
From H. R. by Edwin Lefevre
But how came Bernhard to be one of the family?
From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Gustav Freytag
During the balance of that day he treated the wounded man just as though the intruder might be one of the family.
From Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts by Alan Douglas
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
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