His father, two brothers and a sister who work there with him were welcoming but mum about the sentencing.

How could his father not welcome him to his side in a time of war?

His father welcomes him back to the family.

I am positive that my father, since he is essentially a good man, will welcome you graciously as his daughter.

He knew that his father would gladly welcome Josette - and her father's business - into the family.

My father would never have welcomed you into the family, and I knew it.

After they became a couple, his father, a mellowed radical, thus welcomed her into the family: "Finally, some brains."

It's an interesting idea (and I for one as a father would have welcomed it!)

Her father would welcome thee, so pleased was he that the Court now patronises him.

These days, not only are fathers welcome at delivery, but a second coach as well.