The afternoon had been crisp, necessitating a brisk pace to keep warm. Lange's journal holds the record of the trip, and it describes a brisk pace. (source)Īnd so he led a brisk pace into the grand building. Meanwhile, the dialogue features witty repartee and a brisk pace.
If they sustained a brisk pace, Raszer estimated they'd make their destination… (source) (source)īrisbane's 40-page essay (1964, revised 1976) combines a brisk pace with attention to detail. They took a brisk pace through the forest. The hour had a brisk pace despite Como's casualness and got exceptional mileage out of the set. Keys in hand, car locked in her wake, she picked up a brisk pace for his door. Judge followed Storey at a close distance, the two marking a brisk pace. (source)įor the next hundred yards or so, they maintained a brisk pace. The birds chirped wildly as she turned and walked a brisk pace deeper into the woods. He and the old man struck a brisk pace down the trail. Wheeling, she adopts a brisk pace, then forces herself to slow down. They were very enthusiastic and were setting a brisk pace. She kept a brisk pace as she tried to make the lights at each corner. Much more commonly, a brisk pace appears as the object of transitive verbs, especially the following ones: Viets's energetic storytelling keeps Fixing to Die on a brisk pace. Today it's rare, but there is an attested example here, which to me sounds quite natural: On a brisk pace seems to have been common in the early 1800s. Perhaps the most useful technique is careful planning with marking of surgical margins, followed by a brisk pace of excision and immediate application of hemostatic wraps. September's preliminary 9.9% year-to- year advance by unit sales of US-built light motor vehicles upholds the continuation of a brisk pace of US household expenditures. …academic pressure resulting from a brisk pace… (source) Peewee moved into a brisk pace and kept stepping it up. There is also a version without the article, though this could be a typo:įrederick took long strides in brisk pace across sheets of ice. Wheeler approached the boat ramp in a brisk pace growing angrier as he got closer. With a brisk pace, she crossed the aisle. We'll get some rhythm started here and see what happens.” Al and Bobby responded Group warm-up stroll, progressing gently to a brisk pace.Īfter a few blocks, she found it difficult to keep walking with a brisk pace. I hurried out of the town, and putting my horse to a brisk pace made the best of my way across the plain. Stifflegged, hestood up, forced himself to a brisk pace. His game just naturally lent itself to a brisk pace. Examples of when it does include to (note also the relevant verbs) Other than in that construction, it does not appear as a complement in a preposition phrase that often. It may be worth listing some of the constructions in which brisk pace appears in published literature, other than at a brisk pace. The writing keeps his life story on a brisk pace.
He wrote his life story so that it is characterized by a brisk pace. He wrote his life story so that it a brisk pace. He wrote his life story so that it ////// a brisk pace. Having studied the various constructions in which a brisk pace appears in published literature (see below), I think something like the following could work for you: Is naturally and efortlessly read as describing the pace of the story. the short story format offered a compact execution and brisk pace On the other hand, the construction in Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle, Suggests even more strongly than does that we are talking about the actual writing, to the point of actually being ambiguous: as a reader, I would be unsure whether the writer meant the pace of the story, which would make sense given the context ( a page-turner), or the pace of the actual writing. his life story was a page-turner, written at (or with) a brisk pace Furthermore, to my ear at least, lbf's suggested construction It is only with some effort that one yields to the pressure of context and reinterprets it as describing the pace of the story itself. Uses a construction that is better suited to describe the pace of the writing. this story showcases fine writing at a brisk pace with no dallying
I agree with the comments that stress that one must make sure that a brisk pace describes the pace of the story itself rather than of the writing of the story.įor example, to my ear, the book review mentioned in lbf's answer
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