"I think a little warning would have been in order," Lowell said.

"You don't have to act so strange with those little warnings."

He'd closed the door so that if we had company, we'd get a little warning.

Give them a little warning, before we go down there.

There will be little or no warning of such a catastrophe.

What was that little warning at the back of his brain?

"I'm giving you a little warning about the situation out here."

I set up an alarm on the front steps to give us a little warning.

"If we're going through, I'd like a little warning about what to expect."

He had come and gone without a trace, leaving behind his little warning.