The pace dips fatally as he recounts – at interminable length – tales of offending a friend's girlfriend and taking in a stray cat.
Johnson is extremely athletic, so could go on a while longer, but again you'd be surprised to see him perform as well aged 35, and historically when his pace dips he gets collared.
While the pace dips, and not all of the cast are equal to the three leads, this production's beauty and finesse throw into relief the sheer grubbiness of the society portrayed.
The 23-year-old Rowsell rode that all-important first lap at the front, but the pace never dipped when King and then Trott took up the charge.
New York City's unemployment rate dipped again in February, raising hopes that the effects of the long recession are waning and the pace of hiring may pick up soon.
New York City's unemployment rate dipped to 8.3 percent in May, its lowest level in more than four years, despite a sharp drop in the pace of hiring, the State Labor Department reported on Thursday.
Many economists said they expected growth to slow to around 2percentt in the current quarter, just half the spring pace, and perhaps dip below 2percentt in the final three months of the year as the impact from the market turbulence on consumer and business confidence takes more of a toll.
After a sharp slowdown this year, when the pace of growth dipped to 6.1percentt, down from 13percentt in 2007, China's economy has rebounded.
They know each other, they've done their gig, they're drinking and bantering – all good fun, despite the odd dip in pace.
The ball goes out of play, the pace slows, the intensity dips.
