Very true.

"Ne olur" is stronger word  than "please" and it is more like pleading /begging expression.

Yes, that will sound more correct wording in English with "been".  Most of the time I am focusing on Turkish sentence more than its English equivalent. May be that´s why I missed the "been" there.

"oluyor" or "oldu" both can be used in the context, however "oluyor" sounds bit more natural / exact expression or better clarification of Ali´s near past. As we are making this statement at very present moment, present -yor can suit better. 

Complete the blanks in the sentences below :

1) Evde olmadığımızı  sanmış  ----> He/She thought we were not home.

2) Annem uyuduğumu sanmış  ----> My mother thought I was sleeping.

3) Ali işi  bırakalı  üç ay oluyor  ---> It is three months now since Ali quit his job.

4) Buraya  geleli hiç nezle olmadım ---> I haven´t had a cold since I came here.

The subject [doer] is not hidden, it is attached to question suffix [mI ] or the verb [-ler]  actually. To me , to call something hidden means there should be no visible sign /trace of that thing . 

Az kaldı / Az kalsın 

When we want to say that something almost happened we use az kaldı or az kalsın followed by the verb representing the action. The verb following az kalsın or az kaldı ends either in - iyordum or -ecektim. 

The idea this form conveys is : Alittle more and this would have happened.

Az kalsın elimi kesiyordum.  ---> I almost cut my hand.

Az kalsın köpeği ezecektik. ----> We almost ran over the dog.

Az kaldı fincanı düşecektin. ----> You almost dropped the cup.

Az kaldı merdivenden düşüyordum. ---> I almost fell down the stairs.

Note : Az daha is also used in the same way.

Complete the blanks in the sentences below :

1) Ev.. olma........  san...  ----> He/She thought we were not home.

2) Annem uyu...... san... ----> My mother thought I was sleeping.

3) Ali iş.  bırak...  üç ay ol....  ---> It is three months now since Ali quit his job.

4) Bura..  gel.. hiç nezle ol..... ---> I haven´t had a cold since I came here.

Hypothetical Condition

When the condition, upon which the action of the principal clause hinges, is close to reality, when the speaker feels it to be an actual problem, we use the conditional.  We add ise[-se]  to the tense base.

When the condition is improbable or hypothetical, -se [sa] is added directly to the verb root or stem.

The personal endings are the same as in the past definite [-n,-n,-k,-niz,-ler] ; that is, we add to the verb or stem [-sem,-sen,-se,-sek,-seniz,-seler ]

Examples:

-Gitsem ne yapar ? ---> If I were to leave what would she/he do ?

-Kitapları gelecek hafta getirsem acaba bir şey derler mi  ? ---> I wonder if they would mind if I brought the books next week ?

- Yapsan da yapmasan da bir. ---> It is all one, whether you do it or not.

  -mesiyle  mesi bir oldu

Here two actions follow one another so rapidly that they seem almost one action.

- Yatmamla uyumam bir oldu.

  I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow !

In the model sentence above, the only connection between the two acts -yatand -uyu is the they follow one another instantaneously.

-mesiyle [ -memle, -menle, -memizle, -menizle, -meleriyle] is added to the root of the first verb. This is followed by the -mesi [-mem, -men, -memiz, -meniz,- meleri] The "bir oldu" never changes.

- Girmesiyle oturması bir oldu.

He had barely entered the room when he sat down.

- Düşmesiyle ölmesi bir oldu.

He died when he hit the floor.