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"They are two players who will always be in my thoughts and be there or thereabouts when I am naming my squad."

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2012

I am naming all these things that your ladyship may see I do right to keep my mother away from Strides till Mrs. Prichard goes.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

Mr. Robson died last spring and I am naming this tree No. 34 the "Robson" in his memory.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association

I am naming Madame de Montesquiou governess of the Children 176 of France.

From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe

“I am naming one, Captain Nairn, who will be as pleased to be of service to you now as then.”

From The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec by McIlwraith, Jean Newton