31.   Then a hand shot up.

32.   Then, silently, every hand shot up.

33.   Three male hands shot into the air.

34.   When he asked whether they wanted to work, all hands shot up in the air.

35.   When a teacher asks a question, hands shoot up, and the teacher calls on a student.

36.   When I declare the floor open for discussion his hand shoots up like his retro rockets have just fired.

37.   He asked remaining prospects if they knew of the publicity, and hands shot up.

38.   The disembodied hand shoots out from behind the folds of cloth, takes the lipstick and disappears.