8.109 Additional points about non-defining relative clauses

In written English, you can use a non-defining clause to say that one event happened after another.

For example, instead of saying 'I gave the book to George. George then gave it to Mary', you can say 'I gave the book to George, who gave it to Mary'.

• Lord Thomson had bought the paper in the Fifties from Lord Kemsley, who had thereupon retired into obscurity.
• The molten metal ran out on to the flagstones, which promptly exploded.
• Later he went to New Zealand, where he did all sorts of jobs.