Example sentences of "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 | I replaced the portion of turf , reseeded its damaged edges with ryegrass mix and within weeks the site of the ants ' nest was again as smooth and green as the rest of the lawn . |
| 3 | Several butterfly species live out their caterpillar stage inside an ants ' nest . |
| 4 | Jess felt it was like watching an upturned ants ' nest . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Being dropped head first in an ants ' nest was too good for him ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But it 's just like you , ah well , you see an ants ' nest in the room . |
| 10 | Their secretion seems to be not food but a volatile potion that has a dramatic impact upon the ants ' behaviour . |
| 11 | The aril-less seeds have higher rates of germination than the undivested ones and the distribution of seedlings matches the ants ' behaviour patterns . |
| 12 | Intact carnivore scats which are the sources of the bones are marked by x in the carnivore assemblage , and the ants ' tunnel entrances are likewise marked by x . |
| 13 | Shrewd passes from Spurdle underlined Ants ' confidence as they progressed to a big win . |
| 14 | They are found at various points on plants , including fruits as on those of Crescentia spp. and in 15 other genera of Bignoniaceae , and the nectar may make up substantial parts of the ant diet as in the case of the extrafloral nectar of Caularthron bilamellatum ( Orchidaceae ) of Central America , which comprises up to 48% of the associated ants ' diet at some times of the year . |