Example sentences of "an ants ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The garden became like an ants ' nest as snaking rows of people clambered up our hillside . |
| 2 | Several butterfly species live out their caterpillar stage inside an ants ' nest . |
| 3 | Imagine , for example , that two people have an identical dream — for the sake of argument we can conjecture that it concerns standing on an ants ' nest . |
| 4 | The bird simply sits on top of an ants ' nest and allows the ants to climb all over it , squirting their defensive fluids as they do so . |
| 5 | Being dropped head first in an ants ' nest was too good for him ! |
| 6 | They are clearly determined not to be beguiled and are prepared to trade quickly at the first sign that sterling 's recent advantage is beginning to dissipate — although they are also finding that the money market is an ants ' nest where one man 's guess is as good as another . |
| 7 | But it 's just like you , ah well , you see an ants ' nest in the room . |