be one of the family

Example Sentences

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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)

And now she is to be one of the family she is so much more at her ease.

From Gladys, the Reaper by Beale, Anne

We shall all call you by your first name, and you will be one of the family, to the rules of which you must conform.

From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von

Young Burns’ll have to be one of the family from now on.”

From The Harbor of Doubt by Gage, George W.

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