be one of the family

Example Sentences

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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

As I am to be one of the family, I'll tell you.

From The Bread-winners A Social Study by Hay, John

"Yes; but I shall not be one of the family," Jeanne said.

From In the Reign of Terror by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

"Let me be one of the family to-night," urged Richard.

From The Twenty-Fourth of June by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

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