be one of the family
Example Sentences
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But how came Bernhard to be one of the family?
From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav
He should be one of the family, living on equal terms with the others, and their constant companion.
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane
To-night he must stand a stranger there; to-morrow he would be one of the family.
From Edelweiss A Story by Auerbach, Berthold
I am taken right in to be one of the family, and I have a good time every day now.
From Turn About Eleanor by Cootes, F. Graham
He was quite ready to take his wife back, to abstain from accusations against her, to let her be one of the family, but he was as eager as ever to repudiate the Dean.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony
