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.
(..) the flat again, not at the moment. I'm angry. It's OK, John. There's nothing unusual in that. That's the way he made everyone feel. All the marks on my table and the noise, firing guns at half past one in the morning... Yeah. ..bloody specimens in my fridge. Imagine, keeping bodies (..)2012 TvShow: Sherlock Title: The Reichenbach Fall Season: 2 Episode 3