31.   Though these areas were used to lay siege to the Moslem majority capital, the Serbs have always assumed they would hang on to large parts of the city.

32.   Troops were preparing to lay siege to the building, Palestinian witnesses said.

33.   More tried to lay siege to his hotel.

34.   Rejecting those conditions, the government attempted to lay siege to the Khmer Rouge bases.

35.   Sacchi, though, can consider himself a little unfortunate after watching his side lay siege to the German goal for almost the entire match.

36.   Routes through the Serb-held suburbs, previously used to lay siege to the capital, are nominally open to civilian traffic.