She started 'making noises''about' running for office. [=she started saying things that showed she was thinking about running for office]
Politicians are 'making (all) the right noises' about improving the schools, but they don't want to spend any money to do it.
Congress has been 'making' (a lot of) 'noise' about lowering taxes, but no one expects it to happen.
(..) They sound so stupid out of context. OK, like, "Baby, I wanna come on your tits." See, it sounds so stupid. Oh, my God! There's a snake. Come on. - Don't make any noise. And don't move... - It's OK. Nate. What did you do that for? - Is it dead? - It's way past dead. (..)2003 TvShow: Six Feet Under Title: Making Love Work Season: 3 Episode 6