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.
(..) Well, shit happens. The doctor would have strongly agreed with you. How do we go about refueling? When I say so. And very carefully. The noise, are they drawn to it? Yeah. Sound draws them. Body shots only seem to slow them down. Head shots do the trick, but just to be safe (..)2013 World War Z