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.
(..) like a real opportunity for me. I want to hang up first. I've hung up. I hung up already. That is your voice doing that noise. You have not hung up. I am hanging up. Click... Nadal, are you still there? - Nadal, are you still there? - I win. No wonder you're a Mac Genius. (..)2012 The Dictator