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.
(..) But you're not waiting. I was told the body was dumped on a pig farm in Virginia. Yeah. So the noise of the pigs feeding woke up the farmer, so he was able to stop them before they finished eating all the human remains. I need an intern. (..)2014 TvShow: Bones Title: The Master in the Slop Season: 9 Episode 14