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.
(..) and my two best friends. Does he always talk this much? I just tune it out. It's like a white noise machine. Okay, first of all, that's racist. Secondly, Captain, Terry told me you caught the disco strangler. (..)2013 TvShow: Brooklyn Nine-Nine Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1